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Old Aug 12, 2009 | 12:28 PM
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Default CA - 40 fuel additive anyone try it???

Has anyone tried CA40 by CMH Industries, for fuel mileage? and if so did you notice any increase in mpg?
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Well it consists of:
30-60% of Calcium Sulfonate (food service approved grease) and .1-1% Castor oil.
Here is their MSD sheet: http://www.ca40g.com/skin1/images/MSDS.pdf
See any great secret fuel mileage increaser in those?

Their lubricity test consists of some wacky contrived ball bearing test instead of the industry standard ASTM HFRR numbers.

They tout all sorts of wild assed claims for fuel savings, all of which are testimonials or field data, none of which are standard reproducible testing.

In a nutshell, it (like every other snake oil sold) is garbage that is more likley to HARM your engine than produce a single benefit.

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Thanks, that answers that. I'll stick to Shell with Nitrogen! It's good enough for my corn (nitrogen) as it makes it green too! Maybe the gas is green! Look out E85 hybrids!

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