If you use low-quality gas without extra fuel additives and detergents, your fuel system and injectors will get dirty. Here’s how they work.

Gasoline companies have been pushing engine-cleaning formulations lately. Setting aside the benefits for my car, are these additives good for the environment? Gasoline is a complex mixture of, well . ...

As global oil prices rise, U.S. fuel costs are nearing $6 per gallon. Drivers are placing greater emphasis on improving fuel efficiency to manage rising expenses. Demand for fuel additives is ...

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former Exxon Mobile engineer testified Monday that environmental hazards surrounding the gasoline additive MTBE were widely discussed in water quality and oil industry circles ...

According to Chevron Products Company, its new PurEscape Performance Optimizer additive is designed to boost the power of gasoline engines without impacting fuel economy According to Chevron Products ...

Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano (D) on May 12 signed legislation banning the additive methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) from gasoline sold in the state. The legislation had passed by unanimous ...

House and Senate negotiators removed a major obstacle that had deadlocked energy legislation for more than two years, but even supporters say the measure will not provide short-term relief from high ...

WASHINGTON — Hoping to rescue energy legislation stalled in the Senate, Republicans were discussing elimination of a controversial provision to give legal protection to the makers of MTBE, a gasoline ...

Premium gas doesn't provide any more power or contain better additives than regular gas, and it contains the same amount of ethanol as other grades. It just resists detonation (knock) better than ...

SACRAMENTO — Concerned that California could face gasoline shortages by year’s end, Gov. Gray Davis said Thursday he is considering delaying a ban on the gasoline additive MTBE, a substance that has ...

It’s a colorless liquid with an agreeable odor. But it’s posing a danger that could put California’s 21 million drivers in a very disagreeable mood in the coming months. The liquid is ethanol and, as ...