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Ok. Received the MSDS in the middle of the night. They must have been burning the midnight oil.
Nothing unusual in the MSDS but did notice one chemical in the lineup, Cumene. Cumene is one of the base chemicals in the manufacturing of Acetone.
They also use Ethylhexyl Nitrate as a cetane booster.
The rest of the chemicals, mostly in the naphtha and benzene group is pretty much the standard in the additive industry.
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Nothing unusual in the MSDS but did notice one chemical in the lineup, Cumene. Cumene is one of the base chemicals in the manufacturing of Acetone.
They also use Ethylhexyl Nitrate as a cetane booster.
The rest of the chemicals, mostly in the naphtha and benzene group is pretty much the standard in the additive industry.
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Not to hijack this thred but it is along the same line. A friend just told me about a new additive that sounds almost to good to be true. The web site is "ca40g.com/home" I would put it in so you could click it if I knew how. They have the MSDS on their site but I do not know enough about chemicals to make any real decisions about its safety or hazaards. Could you look at it an give an oppenion. Thanks
Not to hijack this thred but it is along the same line. A friend just told me about a new additive that sounds almost to good to be true. The web site is "ca40g.com/home" I would put it in so you could click it if I knew how. They have the MSDS on their site but I do not know enough about chemicals to make any real decisions about its safety or hazaards. Could you look at it an give an oppenion. Thanks
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FarmerJim,
I looked at the ca40 MSDS and it interesting and pretty simple. They use castor oil which is a very good lubricant, but also know to gum things up, especially back in the old days of 2 stroke motorcycles. Back in my young days I spent many times cleaning the heads and ports on my 2 stroke dirt bikes.
They use sulfated sodium salts as a drying agent and calcium sulfonate as a detergent.
MikeyB
I looked at the ca40 MSDS and it interesting and pretty simple. They use castor oil which is a very good lubricant, but also know to gum things up, especially back in the old days of 2 stroke motorcycles. Back in my young days I spent many times cleaning the heads and ports on my 2 stroke dirt bikes.
They use sulfated sodium salts as a drying agent and calcium sulfonate as a detergent.
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Cool, so what does this mean on the MSDS from Opti Lube, is it safe to run you think??? If it's similar to other additives then I amd tending to use what I have purchased then stick to what works that I was using before and save me some coinage!
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Did you read over their entire presentation, they say that calcium is the second best metalic lubricant. This stuff is supposed to cost $30 a quart but they say you only have to use 1 oz to 15 to 20 gal of fuel. that would put the cost down at about a buck a fill up if you do like I do and fill up when the tank is getting close to one quarter. They say it will seperate out in the bottle so you have to shake it but that it bonds with the hydacarbons in the tank and does not seperate out there. They are claiming higher fuel efficiency as well as lubricity. Just woundered what you thought of their claims. Thanks. Jim
Did you read over their entire presentation, they say that calcium is the second best metalic lubricant. This stuff is supposed to cost $30 a quart but they say you only have to use 1 oz to 15 to 20 gal of fuel. that would put the cost down at about a buck a fill up if you do like I do and fill up when the tank is getting close to one quarter. They say it will seperate out in the bottle so you have to shake it but that it bonds with the hydacarbons in the tank and does not seperate out there. They are claiming higher fuel efficiency as well as lubricity. Just woundered what you thought of their claims. Thanks. Jim
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Did you read over their entire presentation, they say that calcium is the second best metalic lubricant. This stuff is supposed to cost $30 a quart but they say you only have to use 1 oz to 15 to 20 gal of fuel. that would put the cost down at about a buck a fill up if you do like I do and fill up when the tank is getting close to one quarter. They say it will seperate out in the bottle so you have to shake it but that it bonds with the hydacarbons in the tank and does not seperate out there. They are claiming higher fuel efficiency as well as lubricity. Just woundered what you thought of their claims. Thanks. Jim
Did you read over their entire presentation, they say that calcium is the second best metalic lubricant. This stuff is supposed to cost $30 a quart but they say you only have to use 1 oz to 15 to 20 gal of fuel. that would put the cost down at about a buck a fill up if you do like I do and fill up when the tank is getting close to one quarter. They say it will seperate out in the bottle so you have to shake it but that it bonds with the hydacarbons in the tank and does not seperate out there. They are claiming higher fuel efficiency as well as lubricity. Just woundered what you thought of their claims. Thanks. Jim
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