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[mart]

have a read of this- apparently it works on petrol engines just as well

http://www.opti-diesel.com/

it is a legal requirement in Texas and is being tested by ASDA

[RoSy]

What more snake oil ???????

[ric]

Could be the best thing for the internal combustion engine since Formula Shell...

[Beezabryan]

Hi Mart thanks for posting the link to OPti-Diesel. You say usage is mandatory in Texas? Could you give us links to Texas law etc, would be interesting as it is usually California that spearheads legislation regarding vehicle emissions.

[PeteF]

If this stuff did what they claim it would be mandatory globally very quickly.
Average 12.34% reduction in fuel consumption

Average 75% reduction in carbon monoxide (CO)

Average 99% reduction in Nitric Oxide (NO)

Average 55% reduction in Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2)

Average 91% reduction in the other Mono Nitrogen Oxides (NOX)

Average 47% reduction in DPM (diesel particulate matter)

Maintenance costs reduced due to fewer filter changes

Does that sound to good to be true??

[mart]

re Texas law: I was quoting from the Motorcycle Action Group's article on this. they are promoting this product (along with Fair Fuel UK) as an alternative to banning older vehicles from inner cities

[Wheaters]

I've very recently put two of our family cars through the MOT test. One has a petrol engine, the other is a diesel. The emissions tests showed that the output of CO of both was 0.0. I don't think the claimed 75% reduction would be possible in either of those cars. A catalytic convertor is designed to convert CO into CO2.

[ed.lazda]

Claims like this need to be properly tested under laboratory conditions. A couple of questions, probably for the chemists amongst you:

1. What happens to the nitrogen oxides? Reduced to nitrogen?
2. Does a catalyst reduce the energy levels required to start a reaction, or does it just speed up a reaction once started?

If (1) is true I think it's pretty clever to be able to get reducing conditions (for NOXs) and oxidising conditions (for the CO) in the same bit of exhaust pipe.
Skeptical? Me?

[Presto]

I know nothing first-hand about this product but the claims made for it by many motoring organisations, fleet owners, motoring web-sites and journalists are breath-taking, while the background to the company developing the product seems ‘interesting’.



I’m a natural-born skeptic when it comes to additives of any sort but am staggered by the claims for this particular product. Can they be true?!!!

[StogieRob]

I have a feeling we’ve been baited boys and girls...


Here’s the link to Texas’ Low Emissions Diesel program. It’s for refineries and sellers of diesel, not for consumers (directly)... https://www.tceq.texas.gov/airquality/m ... iesel.html


Search for opti-diesel and you only get hits for their own website. Search for where to buy it and you get opti-lube, which is available and a completely different company and different line of products...

Stogierob....