TC-W3 as a fuel treatment

Yes, but not in the sump. I promise upon the life of my warranty there will still be an ample supply of M1 5w-30 in the engine (3.5 quart to be precise). I'm simply adding the TCW-3 to the gas at a 500:1 ratio to act as a fuel system and Upper cylinder lubricant. With all the ethanol and the coming increase to 15%, which I'm sure California will be quick to adopt, I can't help but agree that some sort of lubrication for the fuel delivery system would be beneficial. The reason for TCW-3 is that it is inexpensive, a little less than MMO, and far less than Lucas. Because it meets the TCW-3 water cooled 2 stroke rating, it is ashless and should cause no harm to the exaust system, especially at 1:500. Finally, it also contains detergents that apparently survive the combustion process as the bottle states it's designed to keep exaust ports clean. Most users also report that the black coating inside their tail pipes clear up as they use the 2 stroke. People that have used it in emissions testing states have never failed a test while using it and some have reported lower emissions when/after using the TCW-3 in their gas. Supposedly it has a high BTU rating and would produce hotter exaust gasses. That would be beneficial in not only warming our priis faster and getting to stage 4 but if it did results in hotter exaust gas then it would get the cat hotter and faster making it work more efficiently.

That's why I wanted to try it. The reason for the post was to see if anyone else had fiddled with it and found the magic ratio number. Different manufacturers engines seems to benefit most at different mixes somewhere between 1:400 and 1:600, and I'm sure our cars are no different. Instead of having to spend a year trying to pin it down (I only use 3/4 of a tank of gas a month on average), I was hoping that someone else had.

 

I'm hardly searching for "mystical powers". I'm not selling snake oil. I'm not selling a thing. I posted a question and You've done nothing to answer it.

Thank You, but leave the posting for those trying to help answer the OP not insult people or their experiments.

 

Thank You Tony. As an update, it's been 274 miles and half a tank of fuel. My driving times suck, when I leave for work it's noon and the traffic around lunch time down Sunset isn't the best when it comes to getting good mileage, stop and go from one light to the next. On the other side of the coin, I leave work 12 to 16 hours later and it's dark and cold (40s tonight) so I'm more than half way home before I ever get warmed up and stopped long enough for stage 4.

At this point I would usually be in the lower 47's but when I parked the car in the driveway at 2:23am, it was at 48.3

Some of You will of course tell me I've changed my driving habits even though I haven't noticed and maybe your right. However I don't feel I have and it's been colder this last week than any other time of the winter so my numbers shouldn't be going up AND honestly if adding a little 2 stroke is enough to add 8mpg to my driving then sooo be it. It more than pays for the oil plus some