Tin-antimony alloy keeps engines permanently clean - that's why the manufacturers don't use it

In 1942, the American motor industry discovered the pellets, used in the fuel tanks of Hurricane and Yak fighter planes, caused petrol and diesel fuels to self-clean as they combusted. Eliminating carbon deposits and keeping any engine permanently clean! They were worried. This would put a huge dent in the profits from spares, repairs and annual engine decokes. And could even slow new car sales. But for the fuel additive companies, with dispenser cans at every fuel pump, the news was disastrous. So they started a smear campaign. And motoring's biggest lie was born.

Along with snake oil slurs and stories of exploding engines, the plausible sounding 'if they were that good the manufacturers would fit them' was circulated through garage networks. It wasn't long before motorists were repeating the propaganda circulated to fool them. Over the last 80-years, motoring's biggest lie has been repeated so many times, especially in the UK, many have come to believe it. With defamatory reviews, sophistry and straw man tests also used to mislead the public.

In commercial use for over 60-years

Tin-antimony alloy was first used commercially in South Africa during the 1960s, in Anglo American's underground mining vehicles and heavy machinery to keep emissions permanently low. And in SAF Marine's container ships to cut black smoke emissions, prevent fuel waste and extend service intervals. Over the next 30-years, as independent tests repeatedly confirmed the alloy's unique ability, its commercial use steadily increased.

Tested and approved by the US military

Following the results of the Philadelphia Coca Cola Company's fleet trials in 1998, the US military conducted extensive testing of the alloy at Camp Pendleton and the Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center. In 2002, the Senate Committee on Armed Services announced the carbon removal results in Congress stating, 'given the magnitude of the potential fuel savings and emissions reductions .. the Committee urges the Secretary of Defense to take immediate steps for the application of this simple technology.' Resulting in a big increase in the alloy's use worldwide.*

Carbon deposits affect all engines. But not with tin-antimony

As the motor industry's Worldwide Fuel Charter clearly states, even the use of high-quality fuel leads to deposit formation, affecting vehicle performance and leading to increased engine-out emissions. Because carbon deposits cause the ECU to retard the ignition timing, reducing combustion efficiency and fuel economy. Leading to numerous common running problems, blocked EGRs, DPFs and CATs, MOT failures and excess traffic pollution.*

But put some tin-antimony alloy into the fuel tank of a petrol or diesel vehicle and it causes the fuel to act as a self-cleaner as it combusts, eliminating carbon deposits. But unlike liquid fuel additives and repeat-use chemical cleaners, tin-antimony isn't used up in this process. And because it doesn't dissolve, breakdown or wear away, it never needs to be replaced or topped up. And goes on working for as long as it's in the fuel tank, keeping the engine permanently clean.

The 'one' test hypocrisy

For the last 60-years, the effectiveness of tin-antimony has been repeatedly proven using industry-standard before & after emissions results. The same way big-brand fuel additives are tested. But whilst a single proprietary test in a static engine has always been sufficient for the restorative claims of the UK's fuel additive companies, detractors deny the same, simple standard applies to Britains tin-antimony producers! 

However, in addition to industry-standard before & after emissions results and Department for Transport approved testing, FTC has been independently verified by world-leaders Emissions Analytics Ltd, using the latest real-world portable emissions and fuel economy measurement technology, PEMS.

Widely published carbon removal results

The significant results reported by FTC customers, like those repeatedly published in studies, trials and independent tests, are only ever the result of carbon deposit removal. Like big-brand fuel detergents, tin-antimony can't produce results in a clean engine!! In a new vehicle, or one with a clean engine, FTC simply stops deposits from forming. Which simply means performance, economy and emissions all remain virtually the same as those of a brand-new vehicle.

Developed during WW2

Tin-antimony pellets were developed by Russian scientists in 1941, for use in the fuel tanks of Hurricane and Yak fighter planes. Low temperatures were causing waxing and crystalline deposits in local aviation fuel, leading to engines cutting out and mid-air stalling. As a result the planes were restricted to 16,000 ft. When tin-antimony pellets were added to the fuel tanks, the planes were able to operate over and above their usual ceiling of 20,000 ft with exactly the same fuel. 

The WW2 campaign is recorded in Hurricanes over Murmansk by John Golley ISBN 1840372982 and in Force Benedict by Hurricane fighter pilot Eric Carter, who also details the early post war use and development of tin-antimony ISBN 1444785141 - pages 129-131, 256-257