snowking101
New member
I was wondering if anyone has tried running tolulene or xylene for an octane booster. I researched it a bit and it's suppose to be the best. What do you guys think?I thought it might dry out seals? Maybe
I used to run it in a '95 Eagle Talon TSi turbo car as an octane booster. You need to add some Marvel Mystery Oil for lubrication and to keep it from eating seals.
Here is the "recipe":
3 gallons of 93 octane
+ 1 gallon of Toluene or Xylene
+ 1 oz. of Marvel's Mystery Oil (prevents cylinder wall wash down)
= 4 gallons of 100 octane unleaded gas
Here's another mixture that I found:
Sample Mixture
To make your own octane booster, it is easiest to make up a large batch, and then bottle it up in "dosage-size" uses.
Below is the basic formula of one of the popular octane booster products. To make eight 16 ounce bottles (128 oz = 1 gal):
100 oz of toluene for octane boost
25 oz of mineral spirits (cleaning agent)
3 oz of transmission fluid (lubricating agent)
This product is advertised as "octane booster with cleaning agent *and* lubricating agent!". Diesel fuel or kerosene can be substituted for mineral spirits and light turbine oil can be substituted for transmission fluid. Color can be added with petroleum dyes.
Here is the "recipe":
3 gallons of 93 octane
+ 1 gallon of Toluene or Xylene
+ 1 oz. of Marvel's Mystery Oil (prevents cylinder wall wash down)
= 4 gallons of 100 octane unleaded gas
Here's another mixture that I found:
Sample Mixture
To make your own octane booster, it is easiest to make up a large batch, and then bottle it up in "dosage-size" uses.
Below is the basic formula of one of the popular octane booster products. To make eight 16 ounce bottles (128 oz = 1 gal):
100 oz of toluene for octane boost
25 oz of mineral spirits (cleaning agent)
3 oz of transmission fluid (lubricating agent)
This product is advertised as "octane booster with cleaning agent *and* lubricating agent!". Diesel fuel or kerosene can be substituted for mineral spirits and light turbine oil can be substituted for transmission fluid. Color can be added with petroleum dyes.
snowking101
New member
I can't find marvel mystery oil anywhere around town
hereismylife
Active member
Just wondering why you might want to run this?
snowking101
New member
I wanted to know if it works that's all and if people have had good luck with it