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silicone additives - 3/20/2003 9:48:34 AM   
Eulboyington


 

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Joined: 7/21/2002
From: CHATELAILLON-PLAGE, FRANCE
Status: offline 		Hi guys,

I'm a west France French modeller near La Rochelle, and I'm testing the effects of silicone additive in 2 & 4 stroke model engines.

If anyone has such experience, I'll be interested to know your results.

Best regards

Oliver
Eul'Boyington
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Silicone - 3/20/2003 8:43:39 PM   
Francis Fernand



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Joined: 11/11/2002
From: Santo Domingo, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Status: offline 		As my understanding and testing making home-brew glow fuel, silicones are anti-foaming agents.

You need the silicone that match your blend in order to have the desire effect.

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Francis Fdez

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Silicone and glow plugs - 3/21/2003 3:49:18 AM   
CurtD



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From: Dallas, GA,
Status: offline 		This has been covered in a previous thread. Be careful of adding too much silicone to fuel as it will "poison" the platinum used in the glow plug coil. Not a good thing.

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fuel additives - 4/21/2003 6:26:48 PM   
Fuel Dinosaur


 

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From: Warrenton, GA, USA
Status: offline 		In general, the fewer additives you make to fuel, the better. I KNOW people like colored fuels better than plain ones, but even dyes, acetone, gasoline, propylene oxide and the like are generally NOT needed for sport fuels. I agree about the effects of unburned materials depositing on the glow plug. Engines need clean, high quality methanol, oil (synthetic and/or castor) and nitromethane (okay, maybe not the nitro all the time). Some folks in really cold spots might carry their can of lighter fluid or find some way to warm up their engine so that can light the fire, but other than that, the fewer things you add to a fuel, the better.

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