Oxy tane
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"What is Oxytane?
Oxytane is electrolyte chemistry. That is to say, it is a very conductive liquid chemical. Unlike other chemicals added to fuel (Fuel Additives and Octane Boosters) Oxytane is an electrolyte designed for one purpose. To reduce and/or eliminate Charge separation/electrostatic charge build-up generated in flowing fuel. Oxytane is the result of over 15 years of intense and focused research and development.
How does Oxytane work?
When any hydrocarbons are flowing in a fuel system, there is a massive electron loss. This is a naturally occurring problem also known as charge separation or static electricity. (It has been observed by many authorities throughout the petroleum industry that gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels are complicated sets of hydrocarbons. But what are they really? Hydrocarbons are insulators; or if you will “flowing plastic.”) The electron loss causes the hydrocarbons to become electrically imbalanced and 98% of the time this behavior results in the fuel becoming positively charged. This problem is magnified even further by our modern-day clean fuels as they could be considered super-insulators increasing the charging problem further. Oxytane is designed to be a liquid ground wire that gives a path to ground/earth this gives the overcharging going on in the flowing fuel a place to go to correct the imbalanced state of the fuel. While alcohol/ethanol is polar, it has a couple of problems: 1) It burns slowly. 2) At a 10% mix rate in the fuel it can raise the electrical potential higher even though it does help drain the charge faster. Our theory is it is still way to slow. See Dr. Colin Pounder’s letter."
Absolute nonsense. Your fuel rails are made of metal; there can be no charge buildup and IF there was the rails would simply conduct it back to ground. Their ridiculous theory has me convinced that this is snake oil at its best.
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Thanks for your quick response. I was asked this question by a friend (Mustang owner). He inquired if I could ask the people on the Corvette forum as he knows I am on here all the time & have always received great response & advise from the forum members.
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Oh man, I missed that! Thanks for pointing that out The sad part though is that stuff like that makes MILLIONS. All you need in this country to cash in fantastic profits is good advertizement! "Lose 10 pounds in 10 days via Hollywood's Miracle Diet" anyone? MILLIONS of dollars profit... The miracle diet was a bottle of pineaple juice. I bet even the "E-Ram Supercharger", a computer fan with a K&N intake on it sold for $69.99 on automotive magazines everywhere has probably made more money than I will in a lifetime of hard honest work. There is a sucker born every minute, its a shame I have too much integrity to cash in on that
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From their website:
"What is Oxytane?
Oxytane is electrolyte chemistry. That is to say, it is a very conductive liquid chemical. Unlike other chemicals added to fuel (Fuel Additives and Octane Boosters) Oxytane is an electrolyte designed for one purpose. To reduce and/or eliminate Charge separation/electrostatic charge build-up generated in flowing fuel. Oxytane is the result of over 15 years of intense and focused research and development.
How does Oxytane work?
When any hydrocarbons are flowing in a fuel system, there is a massive electron loss. This is a naturally occurring problem also known as charge separation or static electricity. (It has been observed by many authorities throughout the petroleum industry that gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels are complicated sets of hydrocarbons. But what are they really? Hydrocarbons are insulators; or if you will “flowing plastic.”) The electron loss causes the hydrocarbons to become electrically imbalanced and 98% of the time this behavior results in the fuel becoming positively charged. This problem is magnified even further by our modern-day clean fuels as they could be considered super-insulators increasing the charging problem further. Oxytane is designed to be a liquid ground wire that gives a path to ground/earth this gives the overcharging going on in the flowing fuel a place to go to correct the imbalanced state of the fuel. While alcohol/ethanol is polar, it has a couple of problems: 1) It burns slowly. 2) At a 10% mix rate in the fuel it can raise the electrical potential higher even though it does help drain the charge faster. Our theory is it is still way to slow. See Dr. Colin Pounder’s letter."
Absolute nonsense. Your fuel rails are made of metal; there can be no charge buildup and IF there was the rails would simply conduct it back to ground. Their ridiculous theory has me convinced that this is snake oil at its best.
"What is Oxytane?
Oxytane is electrolyte chemistry. That is to say, it is a very conductive liquid chemical. Unlike other chemicals added to fuel (Fuel Additives and Octane Boosters) Oxytane is an electrolyte designed for one purpose. To reduce and/or eliminate Charge separation/electrostatic charge build-up generated in flowing fuel. Oxytane is the result of over 15 years of intense and focused research and development.
How does Oxytane work?
When any hydrocarbons are flowing in a fuel system, there is a massive electron loss. This is a naturally occurring problem also known as charge separation or static electricity. (It has been observed by many authorities throughout the petroleum industry that gasoline, diesel, and jet fuels are complicated sets of hydrocarbons. But what are they really? Hydrocarbons are insulators; or if you will “flowing plastic.”) The electron loss causes the hydrocarbons to become electrically imbalanced and 98% of the time this behavior results in the fuel becoming positively charged. This problem is magnified even further by our modern-day clean fuels as they could be considered super-insulators increasing the charging problem further. Oxytane is designed to be a liquid ground wire that gives a path to ground/earth this gives the overcharging going on in the flowing fuel a place to go to correct the imbalanced state of the fuel. While alcohol/ethanol is polar, it has a couple of problems: 1) It burns slowly. 2) At a 10% mix rate in the fuel it can raise the electrical potential higher even though it does help drain the charge faster. Our theory is it is still way to slow. See Dr. Colin Pounder’s letter."
Absolute nonsense. Your fuel rails are made of metal; there can be no charge buildup and IF there was the rails would simply conduct it back to ground. Their ridiculous theory has me convinced that this is snake oil at its best.
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