For those of you using mothballs and moth crystals...
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For those of you using mothballs and moth crystals...
I heard that some folks started using mothball-ish products for octane booster. Yeah it'll slightly raise your overall tank octane. But downsides are FAR greater than going out and just getting some higher octane gasoline or dumping in pre-lubed toluene or xylene.
Using moth-anyting is a BAD idea. Mothballs (naphthalene) has a bad C-to-H ratio which lends to carbon deposits. Moth "crystals" (paradichlorobenzene), is like cyclohexane with two H atoms replaced with Chlorine atoms.... 6C 4H 2Cl ...guess what one of the by products of combustion are? HCl ... yep Hydrchrloric Acid. That's gotta be no fun for you car. Carbon deposits or acid.
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Using moth-anyting is a BAD idea. Mothballs (naphthalene) has a bad C-to-H ratio which lends to carbon deposits. Moth "crystals" (paradichlorobenzene), is like cyclohexane with two H atoms replaced with Chlorine atoms.... 6C 4H 2Cl ...guess what one of the by products of combustion are? HCl ... yep Hydrchrloric Acid. That's gotta be no fun for you car. Carbon deposits or acid.
jason
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Originally posted by atf78
Just the thought of adding mothballs to your gas just doesn't sound like it would be safe
But at least your gas tank would be free of those pesky moths.
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Just the thought of adding mothballs to your gas just doesn't sound like it would be safe
But at least your gas tank would be free of those pesky moths.
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"…axles of evil…" - george w. bush
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Originally posted by BluWrX.03
damn, HCl. Better kiss your rings and injectors and lots of other things GOODBYE.
damn, HCl. Better kiss your rings and injectors and lots of other things GOODBYE.
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