Octane Booster

Octane rating, knock resistance and lead substitute

Depending on specific country regulations, leaded fuel was largely common until the mid-80s. The lead ensured the valve seat lubrication and was used to raise the octane rating and the knock resistance. Since then, other components took over the least two functions, but the lubrication was dropped. Even though, the whole chemical structure of fuel changed over the years, with a massive addition of ethanol and bio-fuels in the last decade. Of course the technology of internal combustion engines also evolved, but the principle remained the same – with the same basic requirements on fuel. Modern engines with their knock sensors are more tolerant to varying octane ratings and feature hardened valve seats to overcome the dropped lubrication – but to operate at peak performance and efficiency without unnecessary wear, they highly profit from quality fuels with high octane rating and some basic lubrication. Old engines without catalytic converters on the other hand absolutely call for stable, knock resistant fuels with lubricating components. Of course it’s possible to convert the cylinder head / the valve seats to withstand unleaded fuel, but it’s costly and even then there’s the whole engine layout designed for leaded fuel – with high compression, no knock sensors and laborious manual adjustment of the ignition timing to meet lower octane ratings.
What happens when driving a fuel with too low octane rating? The perfomance output drops and the combustion temperature rises – if the ignition timing is not adjusted accordingly (by knock sensors or manually), even a capital engine failure can occur. The combustion exceeds a certain temperature and burns holes into the pistons. So, what can you do in confrontation with the varying fuel qualities of today?

Dr.Lub Octane Booster is the ideal companion on every fuel stop. Despite the naming, it is not only meant for high performance and race cars, but provides optimal combustion for all petrol/gasoline engines. Besides increasing the octane value, Octane Booster raises the self-ignition temperature of the petrol/gasoline, thus raising the knock resistance. This results in a finer atomization, directly leading to a more efficient and complete combustion – the engine operates at peak performance and protection. This applies for every petrol/gasoline engine, not only for the high compression, high performance engines of sports and race cars.
And of course there is another component involved in Octane Booster – a lubricating one. When used in old cars, you don’t need lead substitute any more, Octane Booster ensures an optimal lubrication of the valve seats. For modern engines there’s no negative side effect, quite the contrary – they also profit from the lubricant, even with already hardened valve seats.
So, with Octane Booster at hands you’re carefree about the next gas station and the fuel supplied and you can always enjoy the full performance and efficiency of your car.

One question remains: why is Dr.Lub Octane Booster way better and mature than standard manganese octane additives? Well, we explained the effects and the mode of operation of our Booster further above. Now, manganese based octane additives simply use manganese as one trick pony – it’s a single component substitute for lead with the only effect of raising the octane value. All other positive improvements in combustion and lubrication explained above are not present. Simple as that.