Re: MMO, octane

[James Montebello <jamesm@domain.elided>]

Um, kerosene has a very, very low octane number, like 30 or 40.
Octane boosters usually contain aromatics, like toulene.

There's a gasoline FAQ rattling around on the Net somewhere that goes
into the chemistry.

james montebello

On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, David Partridge wrote:

> All,
> I'm with Joe on this one, MMO is a "light oil" like "kerosene" which is I
> believe, the main ingredient in many octane boosters.
> Perhaps the author of this "prophecy" has his nuts and his bolts mixed up?
> My spider gets MMO several times a year with nary a ping on our midwest,
> non-oxygenated, 91 octane "Hot Rod" gas.
> She doesn't like the standard 92 octane oxygenated premium though, MMO or
> not.
> Dave Partridge
> 76 spider
>
>
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> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 22:43:16 -0500
> From: Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>
> Subject: MMO, octane
>
> At 10:16 PM +0000 11/17/02, alfa-digest wrote:
> >"Fuel supplements consisting of light oil, such as Marvel Mystery Oil,
> >lower the octane rating of the fuel, which can cause piston damage."
>
> How does that work?  This guy is saying the MMO will be more likely
> to combust under compression than gasoline?
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