ValvTect Marine Gas
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ValvTect Marine Gas
Has anybody used this product in a blower motor? They claim that it raises the octane 5 points and that it contains a fuel stabilizer. I noticed that a lot of Florida marinas carry it.
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Re: ValvTect Marine Gas
Hey Dave
Ask Howard about valvetec he uses it in his topgun. He doesn't use the premix at marinas though he mixes it himself.
Michael
Ask Howard about valvetec he uses it in his topgun. He doesn't use the premix at marinas though he mixes it himself.
Michael
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Originally Posted by DaveHam
Has anybody used this product in a blower motor? They claim that it raises the octane 5 points and that it contains a fuel stabilizer. I noticed that a lot of Florida marinas carry it.
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I didn't hear that it has anything to do with octane ratings but who knows.
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Does anyone know if duralt raises your octane? I was going to drive my boat from anchor bay in lk st claire to sandusky ohio acrossed lk erie (weather permitting) this summer with a group of fellow boaters but where they stop for gas they only have 89 octane w/duralt fuel conditioner and my boat(blower motor) needs a very minimum of 92 octane,i usually use 93 or 94. The weather kicked up bad and we ended up going on a friends cruiser instead,when we stopped to fuel up the fuel attendant told us the same thing,that it raises octane 5 points. When ive seen valvetec i thought they claimed it lowered your required octane by cleaning the chambers,Smitty
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Re: ValvTect Marine Gas
Have a question, not to be a pessimistic jerk.....
Why not run AVGAS? The octane you want, and do you really need stabalizer? I dont know anyone who has a problem with keeping gas in their boats for too long of a time, I wish I did though!
Why not run AVGAS? The octane you want, and do you really need stabalizer? I dont know anyone who has a problem with keeping gas in their boats for too long of a time, I wish I did though!
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hyper,some guys have fountain 27 ft's with little gas tank's and have to buy gas on the water,others may need gas while on a long trip. Most hoses at airports wont reach the nearby lk or river,so avgas isn't always going to be the answer!Smitty (don't take my comments as a attack on fountains or hyper,i'm partly joking)
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Valvtect additive is a:
Cleaning agent, yet one that isn't hard on the rubber parts of your fuel system. Most commercial cleaner treatments are made to run thru and flush out so they don't harden rubber. Not so with what is in the Valvtect.
Stabilizer. Great from two standpoints. One - a marina that sells a low volume of fuel can keep it in their tanks longer without worry. Two - a boat that sits can keep it in the tanks longer without worry.
Octane booster. This part is of very minimal benefit. Please note that the common way of rating a booster on a label is to call it "points". I believe in most cases, ten points is ONE octane point. Or maybe it is 100 points to ONE octane point. Anyhow, the octane boosting is not enough to notice. Keep in mind that you gotta cut gasoline pretty heavily to get much benefit. 50 gal 89 unleaded plus 50 gal toluene (114 octane) only gives you 100 gallons of 101 octane...
To dump 16 ozs of ANYTHING in 50 gallons of gasoline (91 octane) and expect much improvement is not realistic.
Take this example: Let's say you have some "booster" with an octane equivalency of 150 octane (ain't no such beast). Adding 16 oz to 50 galons would net you a 91.15 octane result. If you could find something that was "492 octane", then adding IT to 50 gallons of 91 would net you a FULL 92 octane brew... A WHOLE octane point.
We have a local marina that uses Valvtect additive. I like the stuff. But it isn't for raising octane...
Cleaning agent, yet one that isn't hard on the rubber parts of your fuel system. Most commercial cleaner treatments are made to run thru and flush out so they don't harden rubber. Not so with what is in the Valvtect.
Stabilizer. Great from two standpoints. One - a marina that sells a low volume of fuel can keep it in their tanks longer without worry. Two - a boat that sits can keep it in the tanks longer without worry.
Octane booster. This part is of very minimal benefit. Please note that the common way of rating a booster on a label is to call it "points". I believe in most cases, ten points is ONE octane point. Or maybe it is 100 points to ONE octane point. Anyhow, the octane boosting is not enough to notice. Keep in mind that you gotta cut gasoline pretty heavily to get much benefit. 50 gal 89 unleaded plus 50 gal toluene (114 octane) only gives you 100 gallons of 101 octane...
To dump 16 ozs of ANYTHING in 50 gallons of gasoline (91 octane) and expect much improvement is not realistic.
Take this example: Let's say you have some "booster" with an octane equivalency of 150 octane (ain't no such beast). Adding 16 oz to 50 galons would net you a 91.15 octane result. If you could find something that was "492 octane", then adding IT to 50 gallons of 91 would net you a FULL 92 octane brew... A WHOLE octane point.
We have a local marina that uses Valvtect additive. I like the stuff. But it isn't for raising octane...
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Re: ValvTect Marine Gas
Originally Posted by HyperBaja
Have a question, not to be a pessimistic jerk.....
Why not run AVGAS? The octane you want, and do you really need stabalizer? I dont know anyone who has a problem with keeping gas in their boats for too long of a time, I wish I did though!
Why not run AVGAS? The octane you want, and do you really need stabalizer? I dont know anyone who has a problem with keeping gas in their boats for too long of a time, I wish I did though!
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Re: ValvTect Marine Gas
Originally Posted by articfriends
hyper,some guys have fountain 27 ft's with little gas tank's and have to buy gas on the water,others may need gas while on a long trip. Most hoses at airports wont reach the nearby lk or river,so avgas isn't always going to be the answer!Smitty (don't take my comments as a attack on fountains or hyper,i'm partly joking)
reed- we always add a little 2 stroke oil to the gas.
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