Tin amalgam pellets. Does it have any merit????

[holywood3645]

This stuff is advertized on e-bay UK. I was wondering if anyone has comments,
thoughts and experience with this product. It looks like pellets of lead in
a small steel mesh


"THE FORMULA POWER FUEL CATALYST

This will allow any engine designed to run on leaded petrol to run safely on
normal pump unleaded 95 octane fuel.

The fuel catalyst has the desired effect of raising the octane lubricating the
engine and burning at a slightly lower burn temperature.

There is no need to use a liquid additive or to retard the ignition timing or to
fit hardened valve seats

The fuel catalyst is a tin amalgam and follows very closely to the original
Royal Air Force receipe which was developed to combat poor quality and low
octane fuel." etc etc

[johnsimister]

To answer the question in the heading: no, no and no. Complete and utter waste of time with no scientific basis. Since when did tin dissolve in petrol, and since when was a catalyst not present at the site of the reaction it's supposed to 'catalyse'? I did a test years ago for What Car? magazine with a thing called Powerplus, similar idea, ruined a BL S-series cylinder head with valve-seat recession after high-speed test runs.

John

[reb53]

"Does it have any merit????"

Nope. Only to the bank account of the person selling it.

Ralph.

[hatman]

Snake oil, pure and simple. (Actually, that sounds like a good advertising slogan I've just come up with )

[cliveyboy]

When unleaded fuel was first with drawn from sale. , The Federation of british historic vehicle clubs. http://www.fbhvc.co.uk , Rover car group who supplied some "A" series engines and MIRA the government testing facility got together and tested a range of fuel additives to see which helped reduce valve seat recession. Initially there were about five that passed the test, Millers , Super blend 2000 etc. All these products carry the logo of the Historic vehicle federation to say they are recommended.
However the real shocker was that some of the "catalysts" that plug into the fuel line actually increased valve seat recession.
Make your own mind up.
Clive

[ppnelan]

If you put enough in, it would lower the ride height & centre of mass which might give improved cornering but there would be a weight penalty...

Matthew

[frearther]

But wouldn't you have to put them into the fuel tank to get them low enough to help? Of course, then they'd slide from side to side, so you'd have to baffle the tank...

Art

[reb53]

"so you'd have to baffle the tank... "

If you can baffle the owner you can baffle the tank....

Ralph.