General Motoring Benefits

[nbpt100]

Has anyone seen or ever heard of this company? An older friend was cleaning up his basement and gave me a few bottles of this High Mileage Fuel Treatment with GMB (General Motoring Benefits)on the label in large font. It says it will clean fuel injectors. It does not claim much else. I have been going to auto parts stores and the like for nearly 40 years and have never seen this product. Not that my memory is all that great but I likely would have recalled something looking like it. It says use every tank fill up. It's probably not all that strong if they are recommending that frequency.

The GMB company is based in NJ.
Just curious.

 

[nadogail]

I am guessing that there is some contact information on the lable. You could ask the company for a MSDS and deduce from that just what is in the product.

 

[Wrench97]

GMB Dayton NJ? > https://www.gmb.net/

Dollar Tree sells the SMB stuff> https://www.dollartree.com/smb-fuel-injector-cleaner-11oz/131972

PREMIUM FORMULAS | SMB International

www.smbintllc.com

 

[nbpt100]

GMB Dayton NJ? > https://www.gmb.net/

Dollar Tree sells the SMB stuff> https://www.dollartree.com/smb-fuel-injector-cleaner-11oz/131972

PREMIUM FORMULAS | SMB International

www.smbintllc.com

That is why I have never seen it. I've Never been inside of a Dollar Tree or General.

 

[jkuro]

Use caution when using fuel injection cleaner, especially in high mileage cars. The first thing it starts to clean is the fuel tank before it gets to the injectors. Be prepared to replace a fuel filter or two, ask me how I know.

 

[bassJAM]

If you are planning on dropping it in your tank I'd refrain from that. Most of that stuff has a shelf life that's measured in 1-3 years.

It might be fine, but injector cleaner is cheap if you really need some and I don't think it's worth the risk.

 

[nbpt100]

If you are planning on dropping it in your tank I'd refrain from that. Most of that stuff has a shelf life that's measured in 1-3 years.

It might be fine, but injector cleaner is cheap if you really need some and I don't think it's worth the risk.

OK. What happens to it after 3 years?

 

[kaymccampbell]

It turns back into a pumpkin.

 

[bassJAM]

OK. What happens to it after 3 years?

No idea, I'm not a chemist. I am a packaging engineer though, and that bottle is made out of either PP or HDPE, both of which are a poor oxygen barrier which can eventually lead to oxidation depending on the makeup of the formula. Even if that's not the case, emulsions can start to separate over time. I've worked on packaging for 16 years and if I've learned one thing, it's that everything can eventually go bad, or at least lose it's effectiveness, no matter how well it's packaged.

 

[bbxlr8]

I second the above re: packaging & degradation. Also, probably snake oil to begin with

FWIW: IF you are looking for an injector cleaner (which I am not sure you are), Chevron Techron products the only generally accepted OTC by those in the know

 

[nbpt100]

I second the above re: packaging & degradation. Also, probably snake oil to begin with

FWIW: IF you are looking for an injector cleaner (which I am not sure you are), Chevron Techron products the only generally accepted OTC by those in the know

You are correct. 90% of the time run some Techron through my vehicles. I have tried some others such as STP injector cleaner. I can not honestly say one way or the other if it was effective. I would assume from BassJam's post that the ones in metal cans will last longer. Too bad there is no DOM on the bottle. BTW i believe Techron comes in a plastic bottle.