Bleach on gas???

[Monchy36]

Old timer at work ask me if I try this? He said that give more power and keep engine clean... He put 2 cups of bleach on every full tank, It this true?

[GretchenGotGrowl]

Chlorine is very corrosive. I wouldn't put it in my engine. Pump gas has plenty of cleaning agents, so just stick with that.

[daveagogo1]

Chlorine and gas would create one hell of a corrosive combo. It will ruin your car.

[The Stig]

Originally Posted by Monchy36

Old timer at work ask me if I try this? He said that give more power and keep engine clean... He put 2 cups of bleach on every full tank, It this true?

Yeeeeaaaaaa - I wouldn't recommend doing that.

Function
Most modern vehicles have relatively large gas tanks. These tanks are attached to fuel injection systems that force pressurized streams of fuel into the engine, creating the combustion reaction that makes the car move. There are many fuel additives on the market today that contain cleaners, whose purpose is to break down the sediment and dirt that may get transferred into the fuel line with the gas. This sediment can come from outside the tank, like when you pump gas into the fuel reservoir, but most often it comes from the slow wearing out of the gas tank lining (don't worry, this process could take several decades).
Now, while bleach is an effective cleaner, it is not wise to pour bleach into your gas tank. Bleach is a corrosive chemical that can definitely break down the sediment deposits in the fuel line. However, the chemical nature and corrosive effect of chlorine bleach is so powerful that the reaction would almost certainly guarantee a huge car repair bill.

Chemical Reaction
If bleach is poured into a gas tank, presumably with gas in it, the bleach itself will not harm the car. However, the chemical reaction between the chlorine in the bleach and the gasoline in the tank will definitely create havoc with your vehicle's fuel system and motor. The chlorine will react with the organic compounds from which gasoline is formed (remember, gas is refined oil and oil is an organic compound), creating an abnormal amount of rapid oxidation (rust). This reaction would, in effect, break down the metal in the gas tank dozens of years faster than normal. In fact, the adverse affects would become painfully obvious within two to four days.

Effects
If this reaction takes place and the car is not driven, repairing the damage may only involve the replacement of the damaged fuel tank and flushing the fuel system. However, if the car is driven, a mixture of bleach and fuel will be distributed throughout the fuel system, corroding all metal, rubber and plastic it comes into contact with. In addition, a high volume of rust sediment will be forced through the fuel injectors and into the engine. In the best cases, the fuel injectors will clog and no gas will get through to the engine. In the worst cases, some bleach-filled gasoline will enter the engine and affect enough of the engine to seize up the engine block, rendering it useless.

[km9v]

That's probably the dumbest idea I've ever heard.

[Monchy36]

Thanks for the clarified guys!

[JasonK]

Maybe he was thinking Sea Foam?

[jrisebo]

Originally Posted by JasonK

Maybe he was thinking Sea Foam?

Where do you get that if you dont live by the ocean?

[dkp2LT]

Tell him that it wouldn't be good for the sand you put in there.

[SSDan]

"Stupid is as stupid does". Forest Gump

[GYac]

no worse than the guy who put the "NOS" energy drink into his motorcycle because the thought it was cleaner......

http://www.gixxer.com/forums/showthr...=226570&page=2

[Dave Coyle]

Never heard of that and I wouldn't do it but my Grand father said the use to us moth balls in the gas to increase the octange. Never did that and not sure if it really works.

[yellowrs]

Pour some sugar in it.

[WheelmanSS]

Originally Posted by SSDan

"Stupid is as stupid does". Forest Gump

damn it, you beat me to it.