SI-1 Red Line Fuel Additive
06-07-2007, 09:55 PM
#1
SI-1 Red Line Fuel Additive
Holy Moly, this stuff seems to work.
My gas mileage clearly improved. I was hovering around 15mpg for a while and it shot back up to 19mpg. I do not granny my RX-8 either and love to rev it.
I did not expect it to work and I've tried other gas additives that did nothing for gas mileage and at best just gave me peace of mind about reducing carbon buildup or going up an octane point.
What I like about Red Line additive was that its an upper cylinder lubricant and help cleans carbon build up (another Rotary engine issue).
I was never fond of the whole premixing 2-cycle oil path and was looking for a gas additive that was a lub and could handle carbon build up as well. The Red Line stuff might be it, but of course I'm curious about what others think.
Fire away!
http://www.redlineoil.com/products_f...bCategoryID=11
http://www.redlineoil.com/whitePaper/15.pdf
My gas mileage clearly improved. I was hovering around 15mpg for a while and it shot back up to 19mpg. I do not granny my RX-8 either and love to rev it.
I did not expect it to work and I've tried other gas additives that did nothing for gas mileage and at best just gave me peace of mind about reducing carbon buildup or going up an octane point.
What I like about Red Line additive was that its an upper cylinder lubricant and help cleans carbon build up (another Rotary engine issue).
I was never fond of the whole premixing 2-cycle oil path and was looking for a gas additive that was a lub and could handle carbon build up as well. The Red Line stuff might be it, but of course I'm curious about what others think.
Fire away!
http://www.redlineoil.com/products_f...bCategoryID=11
http://www.redlineoil.com/whitePaper/15.pdf
Last edited by sosonic; 06-07-2007 at 10:01 PM.
06-07-2007, 10:00 PM
#2
The Professor
I tried it either last year or the year before. Seemed to help.
Now this is a whole lot safer than the dumb acetone additives people have been talking about. Cleans, lubes, and doesn't melt your gas lines.
Now this is a whole lot safer than the dumb acetone additives people have been talking about. Cleans, lubes, and doesn't melt your gas lines.
06-07-2007, 11:10 PM
#4
Also, what is your gas mileage like?
Maybe you are at MAX mpg for how everything is configured. I don't expect this stuff to give us like 30mpg. But if you are say already getting 18mpg to 20mpg, than you are doing well.
06-08-2007, 08:48 AM
#5
Got Another Rotary
Redline SI-1 is an excellent fuel additive - Good cleaning with some added lubricity. SI-1 is a Polyetheramine (PEA) based cleaner with other oils/additives for it's lubricity.
PEA is one of the better fuel cleaning ingredients out there (developed by Chevron) - others with PEA include Chevron Techron and Gumout Regane, athough these do not have the lubricity characteristics in their formula that SI-1 has and is very beneficial to the rotary.
PEA is one of the better fuel cleaning ingredients out there (developed by Chevron) - others with PEA include Chevron Techron and Gumout Regane, athough these do not have the lubricity characteristics in their formula that SI-1 has and is very beneficial to the rotary.
06-08-2007, 02:02 PM
#7
Got Another Rotary
Last edited by Jax_RX8; 05-29-2008 at 03:44 PM.
06-08-2007, 11:51 PM
#8
Dude, 1 bottle is supposed to be able to treat 100 gallons. Wow! Maybe you flooded your engine with gas additive. I wonder if there is a point of diminishing returns. 1/4 of a bottle good, but 1/2 to whole bottle bad...
Also, what is your gas mileage like?
Maybe you are at MAX mpg for how everything is configured. I don't expect this stuff to give us like 30mpg. But if you are say already getting 18mpg to 20mpg, than you are doing well.
Also, what is your gas mileage like?
Maybe you are at MAX mpg for how everything is configured. I don't expect this stuff to give us like 30mpg. But if you are say already getting 18mpg to 20mpg, than you are doing well.
what I really meant was I used 2 couple tanks ago, 1 bottle *each* tank. not 2 bottles in 1 tank.
Im not crazy enough to try 2 bottles for 1 tank .... :P
but guess what ... I just got another 2 bottles today .... well, not for me, I think its time to clean my father's PoS 12 yr old mini van ...
06-09-2007, 12:14 AM
#9
The Professor
I should've been more *clear*
what I really meant was I used 2 couple tanks ago, 1 bottle *each* tank. not 2 bottles in 1 tank.
Im not crazy enough to try 2 bottles for 1 tank .... :P
but guess what ... I just got another 2 bottles today .... well, not for me, I think its time to clean my father's PoS 12 yr old mini van ...
what I really meant was I used 2 couple tanks ago, 1 bottle *each* tank. not 2 bottles in 1 tank.
Im not crazy enough to try 2 bottles for 1 tank .... :P
but guess what ... I just got another 2 bottles today .... well, not for me, I think its time to clean my father's PoS 12 yr old mini van ...
What I am saying is that in the process of trying to clean them you will probably cause the injectors to fail because they will become very brittle and break.
06-10-2007, 06:44 AM
#11
Be careful, some vehicles use fuel injectors that are very reactive to additives, espically those designed to clean fuel injectors ironically.
What I am saying is that in the process of trying to clean them you will probably cause the injectors to fail because they will become very brittle and break.
What I am saying is that in the process of trying to clean them you will probably cause the injectors to fail because they will become very brittle and break.
I'll be careful, Thx
06-11-2007, 09:45 AM
#15
Got Another Rotary
Premix is 2-cycle oil fuel additive (light oil w/additives) that is added to lubricate the rotor seals (or more in other applications) - with some cleaning agents added to help slow down engine deposits.
Different additives for different purposes - both are needed to the 8 to perform well over time.
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