660782: EVALUATING CARBURETOR DETERGENT PERFORMANCE - Technical Paper

Event: National Fuels and Lubricants and Transportation Meetings

Authors

Ethyl Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Abstract

Content: The increasing desirability in recent years of a detergent in motor gasoline to keep the carburetor throttle body free of deposits has accentuated the need for techniques to evaluate the clean-up performance of such detergents.

This paper describes Ethyl's approach to the evaluation problem. The basic procedure involves a comparative technique using a fixed photographic setup to obtain photographs of carburetor throttle-body deposits at various intervals during field service tests. In addition, carefully controlled dynamometer tests are used to determine deposit effects on fuel economy. Descriptions of the two test procedures and typical results are given.

Meta Tags

Topics: Fuel economy
Test procedures
Carburetors
Throttles
Gasoline

Affiliated or Co-Author: Ethyl Corporation, Detroit, Michigan

Details

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4271/660782

Pages: 9

Citation: TANDRUP, E., "EVALUATING CARBURETOR DETERGENT PERFORMANCE," SAE Technical Paper 660782, 1966, https://doi.org/10.4271/660782.

Additional Details

Publisher: SAE International

Published: Feb 1, 1966

Product Code: 660782

Content Type: Technical Paper

Language: English