Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, more commonly known as MMT, is the orange residue you are seeing. (It’s not lead!) It is the active ingredient in almost every single effective octane booster. It’s a common heavy metal compound, and is widely used. Boostane uses between 5% and 10% MMT, and VP Octanium uses 3%-4%. (Via publicly-available MSDS) There are a couple other stabilizing compounds, but the vast majority of the bottle is run-of-the-mill gasoline feed stocks. If you want 100 octane, 100% of the time, your cats will eventually go kaput. If you’re looking for a 2 to 4 point increase, or if you’re catless, it’s just fine. The orange residue doesn’t really harm your engine, unless you over use it. Just my $0.02. Hope this helps.
2019 ram 1500 5.7 hemi with 80000 miles I used octane booster every tank I didn't over use I under use after 10000 miles I start having a miss fire in cylinder 6. Took it to the shop they pulled my spark plugs they were heavy coated in orange color look like rust. I will not be using octane boosters again it's not worth it.
I was mixing the octane booster with 87 gas just enough to get an 89 octane I only use 1 can an half over 7500 miles. One can is 32 oz. My tank holds 26 gallons so about 42oz of octane booster over 7500 miles
I think the confusion (after reading several other comments) relates to the fact VP makes not 2, but 3 different octane boost products. The 2 "Octanium" products [Leaded / Unleaded Versions] BOTH contain MMT and both increase #s by 8. The other product VP sells "28555 octane booster" does not use the word "octanium", and boosts by 5#'s , but does NOT contain MMT. Correct, the MMT is that orange coating.
I stand corrected, despite what VP told me, the SDS of the 28555 product does indicate MMT, however, in a much lower % then the other two Octanium label products.
I just run premium fuel in my '22 F150 Tremor truck. That Ecoboost twin turbo loves premium fuel! Smooth & ultra responsive. Have 5k mis on truck now. Sometimes run midgrade fuel tho def feel difference w/93 premium. Turbos love octane. *Avoid all additives both fuel & oil* .
My experience is that Octane booster causes a gritty residue that is super abrasive. Its like sandpaper. Luckily it was my neighbor that used it. He stopped once we pulled apart his engine.
This is off topic, I stopped using octane boosters all together when my ls1 camaro i pulled plugs and looked like inside of oyster shell. But on my tuned 2013 5.7 Ram, 3x recommended dose of lucas fuel cleaner in a tank, then next tank recommended dose of marvelous mystery oil, makes truck feel smoother, more responsive and more power.
That coating is from MMT and it's also calls Micro welding. Micro welding actually helps seal valves better in an older engine. Octane booster with lead and mmt shouldn't use regularly and should never over treat. That orange residue on top of your piston head actually increases or can change your compression ratio Lil bit. Main issue with mmt and lead is it can kill your catalytic converte.
the orange coating is manganese tetraoxide; it is formed from the Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) which was present in your octane booster (likely in a ~4% concentration with petroleum distillates to dilute it). If you dump a full bottle of octane booster into your tank you can damage your catalytic converter, oxygen sensor, and spark plugs by fouling them with manganese combustion products. If you are using octane boosters correctly you should be dosing for only a 3 to 4 RON/MON boost; dosing for a full 10 numbers isn't sustainable long term in cars with emission control systems but dosing from crappy 91 octane California gas to ~93/95 octane seems to be fine.
I hear ya brotha ! I am currently sitting with a bottle and a 1/2 in my gas tank only because I ran out of race gas . But in the end get VP ms-109 or SUNOCO GT plus race gas . 👍👍
My truck is a built lq4 with higher compression and am getting random misfires if I get “bad” premium I only use shell or exxon premium, I used a bottle of octane booster the first time it happened but was thinking of keeping a jug of 109 in the bed in case it happens again. Engine builder said the booster wouldn’t hurt it but rather be safe than sorry.
This video makes a lot of sense. I’ve never had an issue on standard cars before using it. I have a Mercedes AMG now. I just did the 60,000 mile spark plug change and then I tried an octane booster a couple thousand miles later and they gave me cylinder misfire‘s. Whenever I took it to Mercedes for diagnosis, and they first pulled the plugs they said it almost looked like they were never changed. So just my two cents as well but I’ll never use an octane booster again.
Yeah I've always heard not so great things every time I search to see if these octane boosters are safe. I'll never use them. They work but the gain isn't worth the future maintenance to me.
@@Big1_ and that right there is what people are feeling on the butt dyno. If your engine knocks, you're most certainly losing power as your pistons are making hard contact with the cylinder wall, and that is not efficient and most likely slowing your pistons down, not much but enough to cause pre ignition and that takes away from horsepower. On the other hand if you can stabilize your fuel with some booster, even a stock engine which is not perfectly knock resistant can benefit from ocatane booster in performance scenario. Only issue in question is whether it's worth the risk because of the orange rusty color left behind... Nothing more.
Imagine what the rest of your combustion chamber looks like......MMTs are the worst thing for sensors and cats......Whoever makes a comment otherwise doesn't have any knowledge about chemicals and catalysts and what happens to them when mixed, burned etc. MMT is the base compound that forms lead......When burned it turns into a bonding form of lead and will destroy cats and sensors......That's why your plug is orange......Pop out one of your o2 sensors and I guarantee it will look just like that spark plug.....Sensors will not work properly once they are contaminated by the bonding of lead.......I can't stress this statement enough......"Do Not Use It".......
Yeah I’m learning after years of having to use Torco octane booster, That it leaves a lot of orange colored buildup. High performance off road vehicles can required 98 octane. The highest we have in Alaska is 91.
Don’t listen to this joker.. if you run vp110 it will look he same or worse when you tear the engine down. That’s what high octane does to pistons and valves. It’s proven by 10’s Of thousands of videos on CZcams bro. Use the additive the way it says to be used and it works fine. I’ve got 22k miles on my 820rwhp mustang and I only use this stuff. One can per full tank and it gets me around 100-102 octane (similar to e85)
Yeah this might have lead in it, the bottle says for off road use only which is leading me to believe it does. They use to use lead to help with spark knock and to coat the valves and internals of the engine so there was minimal wear. That's why the old muscle cars were running 12 to 1 compression ratio on iron heads with no issues. Also that's the reason why it's not good to run unleaded fuel on old engines from that era. Yeah I am going to go with lead on this one, probably not good to run with a catalytic converter for too long because it might clog the cat. VP also sells leaded race fuel for track use only.
You have to tune for what your burning. If you aren’t burning properly, you’re not making power. A common tuner practice is viewing the plugs to see how it’s burning. If you have residue left behind, your tune is wrong.
I remember Citgo gas stations used to have blue gas witch was like $6 per gallon back in 2001-2002 and I can only imagine how much it would cost now if you could find it, but I would put a gallon or two as a fuel system cleaner and worked great..
I've read most of the comments on this topic and it's amazing how many people talk when they should listen......If you have an emission system and want it to work correctly do not introduce a bonding agent to a sensor....Especially if the sensor controls your air/fuel ratio and/or timing etc. You would want that data being collected and sent to your ECU/PCM to be uncorrupted....
Can't use that much of this particular octane booster in a vehicle with O2 sensors or emissions stuff like catalytic converters. The bottle itself states as much. 2.6oz per 10 gallons of unleaded fuel max. It won't raise the octane as high as you'd like, but at least your sensors and cats will survive.
In my place fuel octane percentage is around %75 So there's knocking in the engine when i press the fuel and the ac isn't as good as when i used to fill up with what we call her enhanced fuel with high octane We no longer have enhanced fuel. My question is in my case is it safe to use octane booster with every fill up because as much as i know if octane is higher than 98 it will harm your car so with the fuel having around 75 % octane its alrigh to use octane booster ?
I want to use zero ethanol fuel in my motorcycle but I can only find 87 octane. Can I use it, but also use octane booster? I’m mostly concerned about the last tank I buy for the winter, maybe December.
I don’t know…I’ve ran VP octane booster in my dirt bikes mixed with ethanol free gas and sea foam …no deposits for me 🤷🏼♂️…perhaps it’s the sea foam 🤔….either way the bikes absolutely love the mix and it’s a 1/3 of the price of race fuel and I see no difference in performance using race fuel …definitely see a difference between my mix and just premium pump gas by itself
vp offroad madditive is a leaded octane booster, road use madditive is always known for orange buildup, i use the offroad and never had buildup on a trail ridden high comp dirtbike
I used to use octane boosters. I tried various brands and stuck with "safe for catalytic converters". About 6 months later of regular use I needed new plugs, o2 sensors, and new catalytic converters. No joke, the orange coating was so bad on the cats the diaphragm looked like one solid piece of orange metal. Completely clogged. It builds up over time.
You need to used the teal bottle the blue bottle is for cars or truck with out Cadillac converter you need to read before you buy I been useding this products for five years and it never hurt my cars I used the teal bottle for my newer cars and the blue bottle for my 68 chevelle ss so read before you buy it till you on the bottles
Just run some Berryman B12 in it and it will clean it up real nice. Other thing to is consider trying other octane boosters there are many types that react differently.
@@TunedRAMS I use mixture of boostane (2oz) race fuel (6) amsoil dominator octane booster (4oz) vc racing unleaded (2oz) and fuel OX (0.25oz) with amsoil upper cylinders lube(6oz bottle) with 15 gallon of gasoline. Try this mixture I can guarantee you, you will feel the power difference. I use the same mixture in drag racing with 5-7.5 gallon of gasoline. I mix them well in a container with gasoline for drag racing. This mixture works for me
@@mdashiqurrahman39 I'm pretty you'll feel it. Most of the octane boosters give you some type of response but I think he's worried about the residue it leaves behind. I ran them in my previous cars but I don't think I'll run them now. Definitely an orange, brownish type rusty color coming out of my inner exhaust tips of my previous cars.
I’m pretty sure he had this engine condition from before there is no way that an octane booster can do something like that, i’ve been using it also for a long time and have never seen anything like that. if anything it’s just the other way around it actually prevents knock and lifts the octane level. So I honestly don’t know what he’s talking about
I've used Madditive VP Octane Booster, and dyno proven it picked up 10hp. I used it off and on for about a year. Vehicle Stock 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 Pkg, 6spd, LS2. 340whp before 350whp after
Yeah I’m calling BS 😂 unless your engine is increasing it’s volume of compression on the fly …octane only prevents pre ignition it doesn’t increase power by itself…if you did see an increase in power it’s most likely due to atmospheric conditions…your stock engine has low enough compression to run pump premium all day long and makes its best power on said fuel.
Just an fyi. I work in the gas industry high octane fuel race fuel is made with octane booster. There is no factory making it.. We order 87 none ethanol for example we order the same vp octane booster you have in your hand and we boost it then test it 😂and add dyes
I just use some valve clean every oil change so that the residue stays controlled... No problems on my catless cars. I also have been using dragon fuel concentrate on my 14" forester xt, no issues, I clean the valves every oil change with GDI cleaner. Plugs going fine after 70k.
I’ve pulled out those plugs 6 times, heads off 4 times all in one year, this is a performance channel broskie, take it for what it is, just giving people a heads up
@@TunedRAMS don’t matter. All mean absolutely zero. Unless you inspected right before then right after you have zero evidence. A performance channel? Then you should know better. So next time, do better, try harder.
@@executiveinvestments tell you what, you make a video before and after. Then I want an apology when you realize I’m 100% correct and for your complete ignorance. Troll. You need a hug
I use VPN unleaded 3 oz. To. 10 gal. Plus 3oz marvel mystery oil In my smart car So far so good It seems the right mix To much just goes out the exhaust pipe Burns to slow
Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, more commonly known as MMT, is the orange residue you are seeing. (It’s not lead!) It is the active ingredient in almost every single effective octane booster. It’s a common heavy metal compound, and is widely used. Boostane uses between 5% and 10% MMT, and VP Octanium uses 3%-4%. (Via publicly-available MSDS) There are a couple other stabilizing compounds, but the vast majority of the bottle is run-of-the-mill gasoline feed stocks. If you want 100 octane, 100% of the time, your cats will eventually go kaput. If you’re looking for a 2 to 4 point increase, or if you’re catless, it’s just fine. The orange residue doesn’t really harm your engine, unless you over use it. Just my $0.02.
Hope this helps.
Well it is. I know plenty of people who's got knock from this. This shit is literally shit. You don't know what your talking about.
2019 ram 1500 5.7 hemi with 80000 miles I used octane booster every tank I didn't over use I under use after 10000 miles I start having a miss fire in cylinder 6. Took it to the shop they pulled my spark plugs they were heavy coated in orange color look like rust. I will not be using octane boosters again it's not worth it.
I was mixing the octane booster with 87 gas just enough to get an 89 octane I only use 1 can an half over 7500 miles. One can is 32 oz. My tank holds 26 gallons so about 42oz of octane booster over 7500 miles
I think the confusion (after reading several other comments) relates to the fact VP makes not 2, but 3 different octane boost products. The 2 "Octanium" products [Leaded / Unleaded Versions] BOTH contain MMT and both increase #s by 8. The other product VP sells "28555 octane booster" does not use the word "octanium", and boosts by 5#'s , but does NOT contain MMT. Correct, the MMT is that orange coating.
I stand corrected, despite what VP told me, the SDS of the 28555 product does indicate MMT, however, in a much lower % then the other two Octanium label products.
I use that stuff since a years now, never had a single issue, yeah my plug are orange but never miss a spark at 31 psi and 20 ign timing…
me too, colored is normal. I dont believe all this crap.
Damn. What are you driving? 😂😂
yo will this be ok with my si trying to keep that knock control down
My Spaack plugs are still working fine!
Sir how long have you been using it?
I see what you did there 😏
Yeah your spark plugs look like they're working perfectly
😅🤣😅🤣😅🤣🤣🤣
I just run premium fuel in my '22 F150 Tremor truck. That Ecoboost twin turbo loves premium fuel! Smooth & ultra responsive. Have 5k mis on truck now. Sometimes run midgrade fuel tho def feel difference w/93 premium. Turbos love octane. *Avoid all additives both fuel & oil* .
My experience is that Octane booster causes a gritty residue that is super abrasive. Its like sandpaper. Luckily it was my neighbor that used it. He stopped once we pulled apart his engine.
Good to know, thanks for the heads up.👍
This is off topic, I stopped using octane boosters all together when my ls1 camaro i pulled plugs and looked like inside of oyster shell. But on my tuned 2013 5.7 Ram, 3x recommended dose of lucas fuel cleaner in a tank, then next tank recommended dose of marvelous mystery oil, makes truck feel smoother, more responsive and more power.
Thanks for the info. I was almost ready to buy a bottle but from hearing you .I am not ever using that crap.
That coating is from MMT and it's also calls Micro welding. Micro welding actually helps seal valves better in an older engine. Octane booster with lead and mmt shouldn't use regularly and should never over treat. That orange residue on top of your piston head actually increases or can change your compression ratio Lil bit. Main issue with mmt and lead is it can kill your catalytic converte.
Good thing i'm catless.
What about the o2 sensors? The purple bottle says for offroad use but the green unleaded bottle says its safe for cats.
Do High Flow cats still get clogged with prolonged use as well or just regular cats?
My car is a Camry SE, four cylinder, and I bought Octanium. Will there be damage to the Camry?
@@Doing_The_Thing My car is a Camry SE, four cylinder, and I bought Octanium. Will there be damage to the Camry?
the orange coating is manganese tetraoxide; it is formed from the Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) which was present in your octane booster (likely in a ~4% concentration with petroleum distillates to dilute it). If you dump a full bottle of octane booster into your tank you can damage your catalytic converter, oxygen sensor, and spark plugs by fouling them with manganese combustion products. If you are using octane boosters correctly you should be dosing for only a 3 to 4 RON/MON boost; dosing for a full 10 numbers isn't sustainable long term in cars with emission control systems but dosing from crappy 91 octane California gas to ~93/95 octane seems to be fine.
Does aftermarket detergent additive could clean those coating?
I hear ya brotha ! I am currently sitting with a bottle and a 1/2 in my gas tank only because I ran out of race gas .
But in the end get VP ms-109 or SUNOCO GT plus race gas . 👍👍
My truck is a built lq4 with higher compression and am getting random misfires if I get “bad” premium I only use shell or exxon premium, I used a bottle of octane booster the first time it happened but was thinking of keeping a jug of 109 in the bed in case it happens again. Engine builder said the booster wouldn’t hurt it but rather be safe than sorry.
This video answer my question for adding octane booster to my tank or not. Thank you.
This video makes a lot of sense. I’ve never had an issue on standard cars before using it. I have a Mercedes AMG now. I just did the 60,000 mile spark plug change and then I tried an octane booster a couple thousand miles later and they gave me cylinder misfire‘s. Whenever I took it to Mercedes for diagnosis, and they first pulled the plugs they said it almost looked like they were never changed. So just my two cents as well but I’ll never use an octane booster again.
Thanks for the warning. This is the answer I was looking for. - Leave well enough alone…
Thanks for the warning. This is the answer I was looking for. - Leave well enough alone…
you can't put octane booster in our type of cars, I LEARNED THE HARD WAY, BMW ESP.
Danneggia i motori un uso eccessivo e frequente?
Yeah I've always heard not so great things every time I search to see if these octane boosters are safe. I'll never use them. They work but the gain isn't worth the future maintenance to me.
Used 6 bottles of stp octane booster in a single tank, no changes in performance, but spark plugs were orange/red.
Increasing octane don´t make your engine powerfull... Increasing octanes is to prevent pre-ignition and knocking.... Nothing more.
@@Big1_ the amount of people that think this stuff will increase the performance of a stock engine is hilarious.
@@Big1_ and that right there is what people are feeling on the butt dyno. If your engine knocks, you're most certainly losing power as your pistons are making hard contact with the cylinder wall, and that is not efficient and most likely slowing your pistons down, not much but enough to cause pre ignition and that takes away from horsepower. On the other hand if you can stabilize your fuel with some booster, even a stock engine which is not perfectly knock resistant can benefit from ocatane booster in performance scenario. Only issue in question is whether it's worth the risk because of the orange rusty color left behind... Nothing more.
Imagine what the rest of your combustion chamber looks like......MMTs are the worst thing for sensors and cats......Whoever makes a comment otherwise doesn't have any knowledge about chemicals and catalysts and what happens to them when mixed, burned etc. MMT is the base compound that forms lead......When burned it turns into a bonding form of lead and will destroy cats and sensors......That's why your plug is orange......Pop out one of your o2 sensors and I guarantee it will look just like that spark plug.....Sensors will not work properly once they are contaminated by the bonding of lead.......I can't stress this statement enough......"Do Not Use It".......
I used to my toyota chr and realize the different... it is worked very good.... Happy to used
There’s two different versions are you sure you didn’t run the leaded version?
Is this leaded or unleaded?
Yeah I’m learning after years of having to use Torco octane booster, That it leaves a lot of orange colored buildup. High performance off road vehicles can required 98 octane. The highest we have in Alaska is 91.
Buy klotz fuel additive or VP ...both great.
Do you mean 90 Octane? Because from what I’ve seen, that’s all we have.
I used Torco once in the past and just 1 use left a ton of orange buildup in my engine. I hate Torco.
This really enlightens me not to buy octane booster in large quantities, thanks bro, love ur channel
Don’t listen to this joker.. if you run vp110 it will look he same or worse when you tear the engine down. That’s what high octane does to pistons and valves. It’s proven by 10’s
Of thousands of videos on CZcams bro. Use the additive the way it says to be used and it works fine. I’ve got 22k miles on my 820rwhp mustang and I only use this stuff. One can per full tank and it gets me around 100-102 octane (similar to e85)
I work for O'Reilly auto parts and have been Wondering if its safe also.
I used 4 or 5 times now my engine piston blown never again it is bad
Yeah this might have lead in it, the bottle says for off road use only which is leading me to believe it does. They use to use lead to help with spark knock and to coat the valves and internals of the engine so there was minimal wear. That's why the old muscle cars were running 12 to 1 compression ratio on iron heads with no issues. Also that's the reason why it's not good to run unleaded fuel on old engines from that era. Yeah I am going to go with lead on this one, probably not good to run with a catalytic converter for too long because it might clog the cat. VP also sells leaded race fuel for track use only.
they have a leaded and unleaded version
This concentrate version says it has a lead substitute, so no lead in either apparently 🤷♂️
almost all searches about octane booster will result in the consequence of messed up spark plugs.
You have to tune for what your burning. If you aren’t burning properly, you’re not making power. A common tuner practice is viewing the plugs to see how it’s burning. If you have residue left behind, your tune is wrong.
WORSE, clogged catalytic converters.
Probably should’ve tried the unleaded VP Octanium. I thought i read somewhere to use their cleaner as well to clean up that residue.
I remember Citgo gas stations used to have blue gas witch was like $6 per gallon back in 2001-2002 and I can only imagine how much it would cost now if you could find it, but I would put a gallon or two as a fuel system cleaner and worked great..
Turbo blue? I live near a shell with that stuff and it's like 5 dollars a gallon. Or it used to be before all this inflation
@@AndrewChildress10 dollars a gallon now.
I've read most of the comments on this topic and it's amazing how many people talk when they should listen......If you have an emission system and want it to work correctly do not introduce a bonding agent to a sensor....Especially if the sensor controls your air/fuel ratio and/or timing etc. You would want that data being collected and sent to your ECU/PCM to be uncorrupted....
So if it’s coating everything is there something I could run to clean everything up. May seem dumb but I ran it a few times in my can am x3
Run some race fuel instead, it should come off after time, check a plug
I use the klotz stuff, it will stain your paint…treat that shit like nuclear waste. But im running an old school carb’d 11:1 sbf stroker.
Can't use that much of this particular octane booster in a vehicle with O2 sensors or emissions stuff like catalytic converters. The bottle itself states as much. 2.6oz per 10 gallons of unleaded fuel max. It won't raise the octane as high as you'd like, but at least your sensors and cats will survive.
In my place fuel octane percentage is around %75
So there's knocking in the engine when i press the fuel and the ac isn't as good as when i used to fill up with what we call her enhanced fuel with high octane
We no longer have enhanced fuel.
My question is in my case is it safe to use octane booster with every fill up because as much as i know if octane is higher than 98 it will harm your car so with the fuel having around 75 % octane its alrigh to use octane booster ?
I have direct injection and run booster in every fill up. Fuel system cleaner in 1 in 3.
@@Bucephalus84 what color are your spark plugs?
I want to use zero ethanol fuel in my motorcycle but I can only find 87 octane. Can I use it, but also use octane booster? I’m mostly concerned about the last tank I buy for the winter, maybe December.
Octane booster will leave a residue behind. I don't know about the long term effects but when I saw the rusty orange color, I stopped using it
Google any gas stations and see if anything is close enough for you. If you live in America, you should be able to find it least 91
I did not know I was safe for Mr. whiskers! I'll be putting some in his bowl later
what product did u use? some of these state “for off road use only”, some don’t.
That's just for legal reasons to be able to sell it
Yeah that's the only way to find out thanks for your video
Yeah not good, better off using straight up racing fuel
The same pass too me but i leave at Mexico and no good octane fuel here and i have have 11 compresione on my engine
The old leaded gas used to leave lead deposits in old engines this is probably something similar
Av gas does the same thing
I wish I would've seen this before I poured it in my tank
Did you use the leaded or unleaded one? VP Racing sells both versions
Unleaded you can add to without a tune. LEADED you would want to have a tune with the additive.
I don’t know…I’ve ran VP octane booster in my dirt bikes mixed with ethanol free gas and sea foam …no deposits for me 🤷🏼♂️…perhaps it’s the sea foam 🤔….either way the bikes absolutely love the mix and it’s a 1/3 of the price of race fuel and I see no difference in performance using race fuel …definitely see a difference between my mix and just premium pump gas by itself
vp offroad madditive is a leaded octane booster, road use madditive is always known for orange buildup, i use the offroad and never had buildup on a trail ridden high comp dirtbike
Maybe mix a smaller amount as VP advised for extended use ?
I was looking too change too boostane or racegas boost octane too get more octane from this mexico pemex fuel 😥
There’s one with lead and there’s one unleaded the dark blue/purple is leaded and the baby blue is unleaded
Can someone tell me what a spock plug is? I don’t understand?? 😂
Hahaa spahk plug 💪🏼😆
If you used the leaded madadditive then that is what your coating is coming from
He's showing the leaded stuff I know cause I use every other tank in a built 426 stroker motor never a issue
My car would throw a code for the cats every time I used it ( 2 times) never used it again, dont wanna risk it
Thanks for the head up I use lucas oil but this look crazy
Where in America are you from? The way you say “Spaak Plug” is very distinctive and I want to say New Jersey but it’s different…
Thanks
From a Brit
Sounds like Boston
I used to use octane boosters. I tried various brands and stuck with "safe for catalytic converters".
About 6 months later of regular use I needed new plugs, o2 sensors, and new catalytic converters. No joke, the orange coating was so bad on the cats the diaphragm looked like one solid piece of orange metal. Completely clogged. It builds up over time.
You need to used the teal bottle the blue bottle is for cars or truck with out Cadillac converter you need to read before you buy I been useding this products for five years and it never hurt my cars I used the teal bottle for my newer cars and the blue bottle for my 68 chevelle ss so read before you buy it till you on the bottles
Just run some Berryman B12 in it and it will clean it up real nice. Other thing to is consider trying other octane boosters there are many types that react differently.
I just use race fuel now
Word! God bless you Josiah!
@@TunedRAMS I use mixture of boostane (2oz) race fuel (6) amsoil dominator octane booster (4oz) vc racing unleaded (2oz) and fuel OX (0.25oz) with amsoil upper cylinders lube(6oz bottle) with 15 gallon of gasoline. Try this mixture I can guarantee you, you will feel the power difference. I use the same mixture in drag racing with 5-7.5 gallon of gasoline. I mix them well in a container with gasoline for drag racing. This mixture works for me
@@mdashiqurrahman39 I'm pretty you'll feel it. Most of the octane boosters give you some type of response but I think he's worried about the residue it leaves behind. I ran them in my previous cars but I don't think I'll run them now. Definitely an orange, brownish type rusty color coming out of my inner exhaust tips of my previous cars.
I just used this same vp octane booster my last two fill ups.. you guys think seafoam will help clean that crud out my engine?
Cause of mmt
Lol this is comical at best. I’ve used torco for years. Never had an issue. Far cheaper than race gas as well
Please help me with this. How can something that cleans be bad???? Please discuss.
@@Scrappy90059 some will leave orange stain. Best to use injector cleaner or straight up race gas. Octane boosters tend do this no matter which brand
VP burns dirty I use Lucas much better every 2 months run some lacquer thinner 1 cup to 1/4 tank cleans it up.
That’s normal
I’m pretty sure he had this engine condition from before there is no way that an octane booster can do something like that, i’ve been using it also for a long time and have never seen anything like that. if anything it’s just the other way around it actually prevents knock and lifts the octane level. So I honestly don’t know what he’s talking about
That’s MMT all of them have that in them
Ya shit man I’m going to stop now
Well, not as close as B4, but still good - # 23viewer.
Lawsuit...go after the company that made those octane booster.
I used octane booster before and I think it messed up my engine.
Most likely left a coating on everything
You got the leaded version. The unleaded version doesn't do this to your engine. Leaded is actually better but only if you arent running cats.
I thought so too man. The unleaded version does the same thing. Pull your plugs and see for yourself.
@@snooka2484 second that. When I used this stuff, the rusty orange color was everywhere
Everything there looks good it's just normal use you're going to have carbon deposit buildup
This shit made my e55 fuckinh spicy.
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Spahk plug
I've used Madditive VP Octane Booster, and dyno proven it picked up 10hp. I used it off and on for about a year.
Vehicle
Stock 2007 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 Pkg, 6spd, LS2.
340whp before
350whp after
Yeah I’m calling BS 😂 unless your engine is increasing it’s volume of compression on the fly …octane only prevents pre ignition it doesn’t increase power by itself…if you did see an increase in power it’s most likely due to atmospheric conditions…your stock engine has low enough compression to run pump premium all day long and makes its best power on said fuel.
If your engine doesn't call for high octane fuel don't use it.
Just an fyi. I work in the gas industry high octane fuel race fuel is made with octane booster. There is no factory making it.. We order 87 none ethanol for example we order the same vp octane booster you have in your hand and we boost it then test it 😂and add dyes
Of course all on a higher scale we order 55 gallon drums of octane booster or more for 10k tank 20k tank 30k
Same this with kerosene. We run reg diesel threw multiple filters at different microns and then add cetane booster
1 bottle would never do that much coating or build up 🤣🤣
That stuff is slightly leaded
Exactly!
True, he overdosed his fuel tank, and if you do you will get build up
Yeah, I’ll take that over knock and punching a rod out the side any day
I just use some valve clean every oil change so that the residue stays controlled... No problems on my catless cars.
I also have been using dragon fuel concentrate on my 14" forester xt, no issues, I clean the valves every oil change with GDI cleaner. Plugs going fine after 70k.
Dude when will people learn not to use this shit? Put less fuel in if its gonna be sitting around.
Don't even know what you talking about
Wast of money
what? How do you know what caused this? Did you inspect your motor and plugs BEFORE that booster was added? No. So you have no idea what caused this.
I’ve pulled out those plugs 6 times, heads off 4 times all in one year, this is a performance channel broskie, take it for what it is, just giving people a heads up
@@TunedRAMS don’t matter. All mean absolutely zero. Unless you inspected right before then right after you have zero evidence. A performance channel? Then you should know better. So next time, do better, try harder.
@@executiveinvestments tell you what, you make a video before and after. Then I want an apology when you realize I’m 100% correct and for your complete ignorance. Troll. You need a hug
I use VPN unleaded 3 oz. To. 10 gal.
Plus 3oz marvel mystery oil
In my smart car
So far so good
It seems the right mix
To much just goes out the exhaust pipe
Burns to slow
Spock plugs 😂😂😂
Spahk plugs!