Is Octane Booster SAFE!?

I used one bottle of VP Madditive Octanium and it out a coating on everything.

[michaelmoran]

Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl, more commonly known as MMT, is the orange residue you are seeing. (It’s not lead!) It is the active ingredient in almost every single effective octane booster. It’s a common heavy metal compound, and is widely used. Boostane uses between 5% and 10% MMT, and VP Octanium uses 3%-4%. (Via publicly-available MSDS) There are a couple other stabilizing compounds, but the vast majority of the bottle is run-of-the-mill gasoline feed stocks. If you want 100 octane, 100% of the time, your cats will eventually go kaput. If you’re looking for a 2 to 4 point increase, or if you’re catless, it’s just fine. The orange residue doesn’t really harm your engine, unless you over use it. Just my $0.02.

Hope this helps.

[maxlabelle]

I use that stuff since a years now, never had a single issue, yeah my plug are orange but never miss a spark at 31 psi and 20 ign timing…

[seanjournot]

the orange coating is manganese tetraoxide; it is formed from the Methylcyclopentadienyl manganese tricarbonyl (MMT) which was present in your octane booster (likely in a ~4% concentration with petroleum distillates to dilute it). If you dump a full bottle of octane booster into your tank you can damage your catalytic converter, oxygen sensor, and spark plugs by fouling them with manganese combustion products. If you are using octane boosters correctly you should be dosing for only a 3 to 4 RON/MON boost; dosing for a full 10 numbers isn't sustainable long term in cars with emission control systems but dosing from crappy 91 octane California gas to ~93/95 octane seems to be fine.

[mdashiqurrahman]

That coating is from MMT and it's also calls Micro welding. Micro welding actually helps seal valves better in an older engine. Octane booster with lead and mmt shouldn't use regularly and should never over treat. That orange residue on top of your piston head actually increases or can change your compression ratio Lil bit. Main issue with mmt and lead is it can kill your catalytic converte.

[AVHTOR]

This video makes a lot of sense. I’ve never had an issue on standard cars before using it. I have a Mercedes AMG now. I just did the 60, 000 mile spark plug change and then I tried an octane booster a couple thousand miles later and they gave me cylinder misfire‘s. Whenever I took it to Mercedes for diagnosis, and they first pulled the plugs they said it almost looked like they were never changed. So just my two cents as well but I’ll never use an octane booster again.

[gilbertahsam]

Thanks for the info. I was almost ready to buy a bottle but from hearing you .I am not ever using that crap.

[metalkarim]

Used 6 bottles of stp octane booster in a single tank, no changes in performance, but spark plugs were orange/red.

[rico]

This really enlightens me not to buy octane booster in large quantities, thanks bro, love ur channel

[Davido]

I just run premium fuel in my '22 F150 Tremor truck. That Ecoboost twin turbo loves premium fuel! Smooth & ultra responsive. Have 5k mis on truck now. Sometimes run midgrade fuel tho def feel difference w/93 premium. Turbos love octane. *Avoid all additives both fuel & oil* .

[j.g.bloodworth]

My Spaack plugs are still working fine!

[thomasrouh]

I've read most of the comments on this topic and it's amazing how many people talk when they should you have an emission system and want it to work correctly do not introduce a bonding agent to a sensor....Especially if the sensor controls your air/fuel ratio and/or timing etc. You would want that data being collected and sent to your ECU/PCM to be uncorrupted....

[thegrmcrckr]

My experience is that Octane booster causes a gritty residue that is super abrasive. Its like sandpaper. Luckily it was my neighbor that used it. He stopped once we pulled apart his engine.

[rotwiler]

This is off topic, I stopped using octane boosters all together when my ls1 camaro i pulled plugs and looked like inside of oyster shell. But on my tuned 2013 5.7 Ram, 3x recommended dose of lucas fuel cleaner in a tank, then next tank recommended dose of marvelous mystery oil, makes truck feel smoother, more responsive and more power.

[stevoschannel]

I use the klotz stuff, it will stain your paint…treat that shit like nuclear waste. But im running an old school carb’d 11:1 sbf stroker.

[FEDARONİ]

I used to my toyota chr and realize the different... it is worked very good.... Happy to used

[andrewmurphy]

Well this answered my question on whether to use octane boosters or not. Guess its time to go to the track and fill up.

[LoveLikeaHurricane]

almost all searches about octane booster will result in the consequence of messed up spark plugs.

[oswalds]

Yeah I’m learning after years of having to use Torco octane booster, That it leaves a lot of orange colored buildup. High performance off road vehicles can required 98 octane. The highest we have in Alaska is 91.

[urbanjam_]

I used 4 or 5 times now my engine piston blown never again it is bad

[Chevymonster]

Yeah this might have lead in it, the bottle says for off road use only which is leading me to believe it does. They use to use lead to help with spark knock and to coat the valves and internals of the engine so there was minimal wear. That's why the old muscle cars were running 12 to 1 compression ratio on iron heads with no issues. Also that's the reason why it's not good to run unleaded fuel on old engines from that era. Yeah I am going to go with lead on this one, probably not good to run with a catalytic converter for too long because it might clog the cat. VP also sells leaded race fuel for track use only.