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Originally Posted by Por_sha911

I use techron in all my vehicles but when Chevron touts that they have Techron in their fuel it is such a minuscule amount that its only benefit is for marketing and not your vehicle.

The use of Top Tier fuels (not additives) vs standard fuels result in

Running a car on Top Tier fuel vs regular, results

THis is a great video (only 7 mins) on Top Tier fuels and the ACTUAL difference that can result from running them vs non-Top Tier fuels


Two bits of evidence from the video
An independent test was run on a bunch of engines using top tier fuels and non-top tier fuels. The pistons and valves were checked before and after (and presumably a bunch of other stuff too, but the pistons and valves were the main items mentioned in the video. IIRC, intake valves with top tier fuels developed 34mg of deposits, while intake valves of the non-top tier fuels developed 19x as much deposit (yeah, 600 and something mg of deposits)