Anybody use fuel additives or fuel cleaners?

[onecrazyfoo4u]

I have a redtop in my 95. It's been hesitating while in boost alot lately, and I'm wondering if running a bottle of fuel cleaner through it would help? I'm sure those cheapo things don't do much, and I've been researching some of the other ones out there.

One that I keep finding is called BG44k and runs about $20 a bottle. Does anybody have experience with this product? If not, what fuel cleaners do you guys use in your tanks when you fill up? I don't want to cause any damage to anything, so please let me know! Thanks.

[MMotorsports]

Well never used it before but just wondering could give more info on your problem to make sure it is nothing else.

[adrianfromthecastle]

fuel additives isn't the answer to your boost problem. You have a boost problem, diagnose and try to fix it, rather than finding something out in the market to cover up the problem.

[onecrazyfoo4u]

Do you think the hesitation could be a bad knock sensor? Because I've been throwing that code for awhile now. I have a new one, just no time to pull the intake mani off to replace it!

[chicos240]

No boost leaks?No Timing Issues?What RPM are you hesitating in?

[MMotorsports]

Hey how do you know that the knock sensor is bad mabye the code is being thrown because their is something actually wronge.

[onecrazyfoo4u]

No, I actually pulled the code from the ecu, it was like 34 or 32 or something like that.....whatever lines up to knock sensor. My check engine light doesn't work anyways.

I don't have any boost leaks that I could find, but I don't have a tool to test for that stuff. Is there any trick to find leaks that's cheap or free?

I've actually never checked/set the timing, I don't even have a light. What should the timing be at on this car? Or what should I put it to for 10-12 psi?

And it hesitates only in the lower rpm's of each gear, around 2k. And it hesitates the worst when I only give it like 75% throttle around 2-2.5k. When I got WOT, it doesn't hardly hesitate at all, just a little bit.

[MMotorsports]

Well to me from you have said so far I am thinking it could be timing, fuel, BOV, or even the wastgate. I would check all of those and timing is set to 16 degress at idle