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Fuel Additives: Snake Oil or Good Science?

By Administrator · On September 24, 2015

Practical Sailor discusses the effectiveness of additives.

While the ethanol problem has brought a mountain of headaches to boaters, it has ignited a booming trade in fuel additives. Back in 2012, at the Miami boat show, I heard Gerald Nessenson, president of ValvTect Petroleum Products, talk about the state of the finished fuel-additive industry and what established companies such as his are trying to do to fend off what he feels are unsupportable claims by small upstart companies. Read More

 

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