YACT: Dad bought into that gasoline heating additive...

[weirdichi]

Lately he's been on a weird binge. Sees something on TV, wants to buy it: cheap hair remover, easy omlette maker, etc... Well, last night he bought some of that stuff to put into the gasoine tank so that the gas won't freeze in the cold Minnesota winters. Put it in and now the check engine light comes on.

Anybody have any experience with similar products?

I'm thinking it's something the engine doesn't like and everything will be ok again once the "treated" gas has been used up OR the car is messed up. Everything drives fine except the light is on. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

 

[CrackRabbit]

It may of Fubared his O2 (most likely) or another sensor. Get all of that crap out of there, and run a clean tank through and see if it goes away.
Also Take it To an Autozone (or the like) and get the code checked to see what sensor is malfunctioning.

 

[Evadman]

Gasoline will not freeze at any tempeature available on the surface of the earth becaue it is not a single molecule, but a mix of 'em. The flash point (IIRC) is right around 100 degrees below zero, which means it will still burn at 100 below, so it is a moot point.

Water however will freeze. if you have water in y our tank, and add some thing such as alchohol, the water will not freeze at 32 degrees but a point lower. More important is the quality of gasoline you get, but seriously, unless someone really screwed up, the moisture content of today's gasoline is about nil.

On to the question at hand, what additive was used & how much, what car, what engine, how much fuel was in the tank, regular or premo, what station, details are needed.

 

[weirdichi]

Originally posted by: Evadman
Gasoline will not freeze at any tempeature available on the surface of the earth becaue it is not a single molecule, but a mix of 'em. The flash point (IIRC) is right around 100 degrees below zero, which means it will still burn at 100 below, so it is a moot point.

Water however will freeze. if you have water in y our tank, and add some thing such as alchohol, the water will not freeze at 32 degrees but a point lower. More important is the quality of gasoline you get, but seriously, unless someone really screwed up, the moisture content of today's gasoline is about nil.

On to the question at hand, what additive was used & how much, what car, what engine, how much fuel was in the tank, regular or premo, what station, details are needed.

I will get back to you on that. Parents are away and I cannot question them right now.

 

[His Lord Uberdude]

Originally posted by: weirdichi
Lately he's been on a weird binge. Sees something on TV, wants to buy it: cheap hair remover, easy omlette maker, etc... Well, last night he bought some of that stuff to put into the gasoine tank so that the gas won't freeze in the cold Minnesota winters. Put it in and now the check engine light comes on.

Anybody have any experience with similar products?

I'm thinking it's something the engine doesn't like and everything will be ok again once the "treated" gas has been used up OR the car is messed up. Everything drives fine except the light is on. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

Say, you're from Minnesota?

 

[acemcmac]

dude.... your dad got owned. srry to hear that

 

[InlineFive]

The trick for gas tanks in any cold weather is to keep them full so they don't freeze.

 

[IGBT]

..gave the engine heartburn.