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Anonymous-0 · Aug 27, 2014

Had someone telling me that putting mothballs in his gas gives him a power increase..any truth to this?

Kelly N · Aug 27, 2014

In years past, I think people use to say this and it was because of the chemical that the mothballs released to make higher octane fuel. BUT there is a GOOD chance of clogging orifices in your carb if infact it did help any at all. An engine runs on certain octane fuels because they help stop detonation if you have high compression. If you need more octane, but higher octane fuel. Don"t gum up a good working carb by this mith.

Mike in Mn. · Aug 28, 2014

Some of the old timers around here used to use moth ball flakes, that was in carburated engines, they said substantial increase in gas mileage and power, a lot of old guys used them in their motor homes. Never said anything about gumming anything up. I was always going to try some in one of my old farm tractors, but never did. One of my boys runs Lucas something or other in his gas tank, and swears it gives him 3 MPH. in a S-10. ??????

north puller · Aug 28, 2014

"Older mothballs consisted primarily of naphthalene, but due to naphthalene's flammability, many modern mothball formulations instead use 1,4-dichlorobenzene, which may be somewhat less flammable. "

From Wikipedia.

The naphthalene burned hotter, gave more btu's, and more power. However, too much for too long would melt pistons.

Guys would pop moth balls when they dragged for pink slips. If you won, great. If you lost, the motor's probably junk at the end of the run anyway.

Don't put the naphth in a motor you care about.

Don't use modern day moth balls because there's no naphth in them any more.

JohnDeereJimOhio · Aug 28, 2014

An old man i once worked with always told me this. He has recently passed and it made me think of him. I never wanted to do it for fear of contaminating a fuel system but always made me laugh when he said it.

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