RE: Techron kerosene?

["Dan Sinclair" <sinclair@prospro.com>]

It's my understanding that MOST fuel cleaner/additives are mostly kerosene
(a.k.a. #1 fuel oil or white gas).  Kerosene is used as a BASE for many
gasoline engine cleaner/additives because in small quantities (10-20 oz. per
tankful) it doesn't have any adverse affects on your engine performance.  If
you look at a bottle of cleaner/additive, the first ingredient is usually
"petroleum distillate" (usually kerosene).  That's the base ingredient
however.  The question you have to ponder is whether or not you think the
kerosene is doing the "cleaning" or whether the kerosene is just a
combustible "carrier" for the detergents and additives that are contained in
smaller quantities - i.e. the undisclosed chemical compound known as
Techron.  Personally, I think a bottle of Techron or LubroMoly Jectron once
in a while isn't a bad idea.  Adding strait kerosene...I'll pass.  Now
products like Gunk Motor Flush (the stuff you pour into your engine to
remove varnish) are indeed pure kerosene.  You could save a buck or two by
picking up a gallon of Coleman kerosene in that case, but as for fuel
additives, I'm reluctant to think that the kerosene is the "active
ingredient" if you will.

Dan Sinclair
1988 Audi 90, 67K mi.
Picture and details online at:
http://131.107.68.28/a4.org/registry/details.asp?car=761

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net
[mailto:owner-quattro@coimbra.ans.net]On Behalf Of Sachelle Babbar
Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 1999 8:45 AM
To: duane@zk3.dec.com
Cc: Quattro List
Subject: Re: Techron kerosene?


Sorry, my mistake in a rush to get to class.

It said: kerosene and Techron are basically the same and do the same job
(I doubt this). I
would be very hesitant to use kerosene in my engine.Anyone ever had tried
this? I would think that it wouldn't burn very clean and may not be a good
thing for injectors in gas engines. It was on a miata or some junk like
that site.

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*Disclaimer:"Any information contained herein is based purely on my own
*personal experience and may not necessarily reflect yours. Use caution as
*your results may vary from mine."
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On Wed, 24 Feb 1999, Andrew Duane USG wrote:

> Hairy green toads from Mars made Sachelle Babbar say:
>
> > I was surfing the web and searched for tTechron. I got a string off of
> > another list that said that Kerosene and techron are the same thing and
> > can be used? I wanna know for sure.
>
> Techron is not kerosene.
>
> Techron is Naphthalene and something else.
>
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