About Fuelstar Fuel Combustion Catalysts
for Petrol, LPG and Diesel Engines.

The Fuelstar fuel combustion catalyst improves combustion, giving a more complete fuel burn. This leads to improved engine efficiency, reduced emissions, improved engine performance and cleaner internal engine operating surfaces.

Fuelstar combustion catalysts have been used with great success since 1992. More than 180,000 engines have been fitted with the product and are all operating with improved results.

How the Fuelstar fuel combustion catalyst works.
Fuelstar catalysts are housed in a stainless steel canister. The canister contains metal alloy pellets, the main ingredient of which is tin. The fuel line is cut, as near to the engine as is convenient, and reconnected to the canister. As the fuel passes through the canister, minuscule particles of metallic tin (in powder form) are released into the fuel supply and are carried through to the combustion chambers, where they act as a catalyst in the combustion process. These particles are of sub-micron dimension and are far too small to damage engine components. The tin changes the combustion characteristics of the fuel, giving a more complete and more prolonged fuel burn. This results in improved engine efficiency and performance.

Your engines internal operating surfaces.
In providing a more complete combustion, internal engine operating surfaces are kept far cleaner than normal. With fuel injected engines, injector life is prolonged, and injector spray patterns are restored and maintained which leads to further operating efficiency. In spark ignited engines, spark plugs are kept far cleaner and their operating life is greatly prolonged.

Engine oil.
The more complete combustion, which exfoliates deposits of carbon and other sticky substances, keeps engine oil far cleaner. Many operators report substantial savings as a direct result of prolonging the life of engine oil. Oil analyses show a substantial reduction in wear metals after installation of Fuelstar. This prolongs engine life.

Engines designed for leaded petrol can now run on unleaded petrol.
The Fuelstar product has no peer when it comes to enabling older engines designed for leaded petrol to operate on unleaded petrol. The product will enable such engines to operate without loss of performance, without pinging and pre-detonation and without fear of valve seat recession (VSR). Unlike most other forms of engine damage, valve seat recession does not happen instantly. Rather, it manifests itself over a period of time which becomes evident from the need to continually open the valve tappet clearances which gradually close with the advent of creeping VSR. There have been hundreds of reports of instances where the need to open the valve clearances has ceased upon the installation of Fuelstar. There are liquid additives which are equally as effective in preventing VSR but they seem to carry adverse consequences such as causing the sticking of valve stems and increased pinking and detonation, not to mention the exorbitant cost.

Fuelstar model selection.
Many different models are available to suit every application, whether for motorcycles, cars, buses, trucks or industrial application. Contact Fuelstar direct or your local Fuelstar dealer to determine the model best suited for your particular requirements; alternatively, visit the model selection page on this web site for more details.

Diesel black smoke.
Fuelstar reduces black smoke and particulate matter. Smokemeter and laboratory tests confirm reductions by 30% and more.

Power increase.
Fuelstar increases power output. Dynamometer studies indicate an increase in power output at maximum torque of 6% and more. This applies in both diesel and gasoline engines. Greater responses are seen in turbo-charged petrol engines when required to operate on lower octane gasoline than that for which the engines were designed.

Carbon dioxide.
Diesel engines emit 2.7 kgs of COČ per litre of fuel burned (Source: Australian Greenhouse Office). A fleet of 100 suburban buses might use 5 million litres of fuel annually. If the Fuelstar reduces the fuel consumption by 10% then the consequential reduction in COČ (the major contributor to Greenhouse gases) will be 1,350 tonnes per annum.

Fuelstar applications.
Fuelstar combustion catalysts are available for use in diesel, petrol and LPG engines, whether used in lawn mowers, motor bikes, cars, trucks, buses, boats, ships, locomotives, agricultural and mining equipment or stationary engines.

Fuelstar construction.
The Fuelstar in-line canisters are all made using high-grade stainless steel. The units are TIG welded using fusion-welding techniques. The units have been pressure tested to a working pressure of 20 Mpa (3000psi). Fuelstar canisters range complies with Australian Standards AS1425 and ASTM F1202-88.

Fuelstar installation.
Fuelstar canisters are as easy to install as a fuel filter. They should be installed by a competent mechanic in no more than one hour.

Fuelstar installation accessories.
Mounting brackets are supplied for all units. However, for commercial and industrial applications it will normally be necessary for the diesel fitter to fabricate a suitable bracket for the particular application. End connectors are supplied for most car models but not for commercial application because of the diversity of fittings for the various applications.