RE: Injector Cleaners, what are they and are they useful at all?

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benainouna (53)in #steemstem • 6 years ago

Very interresting and usefull, thank you @Alex1320 , i would like to ask you about composition of injector cleaners, even if it's similar but I wanted to take a general idea of the ingredients.
Thanks for this great job

6 years ago in #steemstem by benainouna (53)

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alexs1320 (71) 6 years ago

As the composition of them is kept as the industrial secret, it's difficult to say what is the exact composition.
However, we can make some educated guesses:

there must be some detergent either PEA (if produced by Chevron it's named Techron). Some PEA-similar things such as: PBA, PIB, PIBA
some aliphatic hydrocarbon like nonane (as the pre-wash for extremely dirty parts)
There must be some mixture of alcohols with the chain length C3-C5
Some exotics include the derivates of asparagine (amino something...)
There must be something with "the rings": naphthalene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene (2,3,5 or any combination basically :D), propylbenzene, cumene, xylene
something to make it similar to the actual fuel, like kerosene...

I've never seen the exact ratios, but the (admitted) composition is very similar.

Before the "modern additives" that are applied in the gas tank, there was a popular product with the brand name SeaFoam. It was not mixable with the fuel but it was applied via the vacuum lines.
Its composition was a bit different and included: pale oil, naphtha, and IPA. Certainly, it was not very user-friendly.

All the products always come with some 5-10 pages of documentation with the basic data about the chemical properties, physical characteristics and advice what to do in case of poisoning.
And the most important how not to set the products on fire :D