[AT] White Gas

[Bob Seith]

Didn't some other refiner (Sinclair?) experiment briefly with using a 
nickel compound as an octane booster/pre-ignition preventer? It was 
before I was driving, but there was a jingle that sticks in my mind. To 
the tune of "Put another nickel in, in the Nickelodeon":

Sinclair is the one to buy,
Nickel is the reason why.
Sinclair gasolines are made with Nickel, Nickel, Nickel...

Something like that.

I don't think it lasted very long.

Bob Seith

Mike Sloane wrote:

> "White" gas had no tetra-ethyl lead ("ethyl"). The higher octane 
> rating was obtained by some method other than adding lead, and the 
> resulting fuel was supposedly "cleaner". In the NJ area it was sold by 
> Amoco retailers. It was also recommended for use in Coleman lanterns 
> and stoves for reasons that were never made clear. Because it had no 
> lead, the refinery did not add the red dye that was required for 
> leaded gas, thus it was "white".
>
> Since that time, tetra-ethyl lead has been banned in the US, so all 
> gasoline in the US is now "white".
>
> Mike
>
> Ray Trimble wrote:
>
>> In the late 50's I remember that some service
>> stations had White gas. Does anyone know what
>> this gas was and what was it used for?
>> Was this a local thing, nort Louisiana, East
>> Texas?
>>
>> Ray
>>
>>
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