Most bottled products start out with the same active ingredients as X-Caps® powdered or granulated fuel detergents and combustion additives, which are then dissolved in a carrier fluid. For fuel products, the carrier might be something like paint thinner or diesel fuel. For coolant and windshield products, the carrier is water. The resultant tablet alternative may weigh 3 grams or less and provide all the benefits of a 12 oz. to 1 gal. bottle that contains up to 98% or more carrier fluid.

X-Caps are a multifunctional fuel additive that combines and compresses well-established active ingredients into a fast-dissolving caplet. When added to gasoline or diesel, Xtreme X-Caps completely dissolve and thoroughly mix with the hydrocarbon fuel to:

• Increase Octane and Power
• Reduce smoke and harmful emissions
• Help to improve fuel economy
• Keeps the combustion chamber clean
• Acts as a lead substitute, if needed

Depending on the aromatic quality of the local gasoline or diesel, X-Caps® will completely dissolve in 25 to 40 minutes after being added to the tank.

X-Caps are a safe and effective for all gasoline, "flex fuels", ethanol blended gasolines, diesel and bio diesel. The X-Caps® chemistry promotes and improves combustion of hydrocarbon fuels. That means that X-Caps® produces a more complete burn which results in improved engine efficiency and reduced emissions.

The combustion process for any type of hydrocarbon fuel is essentially the same, particularly when involving an internal combustion engine. X-Caps® chemistry improves the combustion of this fuel irrespective of the engine type. That means gasoline or diesel engines get more of a complete combustion which results in more power, less smoke and emission and increased fuel economy.

For maximum benefit, use the recommended size of X-Caps® with each and every fill up. X-Caps® improves the fuel, so when the fuel from that fill up is gone, so are most of the benefits of X-Caps®.

That depends on the quantity of gallons or litters of the fill up. X-Caps® comes in a variety of sizes for many different tank size and fill capacities. In some parts of the world, consumer vehicles routinely hold approximately 30 lliters /8 gallons. For them, the X-Caps® Compact half gram tablet is preferred. In other markets, where larger vehicles have 60 liter/16 gallon tanks and most fill ups are in that range, the X-Caps® one gram Caplet is the answer for more power and performance, a reduction in emissions and smoke and better fuel economy. X-Caps® comes in many sizes as well as a range of vials of granulated product for heavy-duty trucks, industrial applications and bulk tank treatments.

One of the benefits of X-Caps® is an increase in octane. One regular one gram tablet in 60 liters (16 gallons) of gas will, on average, increase octane by a noticeable 6 to 8 points. The improvements are greater in gasoline that is low in octane. Such low octane gasoline can be found in many markets outside of the U.S. and "old" Europe.

There are X-Caps® packages that are specifically sized for smaller engines. These include motorcycles and all manner of recreation toys and small household products like garden equipment and emergency generators.

Use of the X-Caps®, formula, improves combustion. Improved combustion results in more power and greater economy. Drivers who continue to drive in the same manner should experience an improvement of 8–12 percent in fuel economy. After 30 +years of this product and testing proves improve in the combustion, we occasionally hear of users who drive more aggressively when experiencing the additional power and performance provided by X-Caps®. Users with such aggressive driving habits will in fact experience poorer fuel economy.

The X-Caps® fuel additive ranges also come in fast-dissolving "crumb’ form, which is packaged in assorted vials for ease of treating different on board and bulk storage tanks. You get the same improvements in power and economy with a reduction in smoke and harmful emissions without the mess of bottled additives.

In terms of net octane increase, X-Caps® Octane Booster delivers a greater octane increase than most bottled competitors. And the cost is generally much lower. Bottled products use a similar chemistry of active ingredients that actually do the job of raising octane, however, those ingredients are dissolved in a carrying fluid like diesel or petroleum solvent (paint thinner), and then the cocktail is bottled. X-Caps® compresses those same ingredients into a tablet, which dissolves quickly and completely when added to fuel.

As it ages, your engine REQUIRES greater octane in order to perform at the SAME level as it did when NEW. That phenomenon is called Octane Requirement Index (ORI) and happens to all engines as they age. There are many reasons -- wear and erosion of fine engine tolerances, deposits within the combustion chamber and in the fuel delivery system are the two most pronounced. When this happens, higher octane gasoline is required to get the same engine performance as you had when the vehicle was new.

The octane sold at retail is the same in Europe as in the United States. They do, however, calculate and post the number differently. Gasoline octane in the U.S. and other North American markets is the average of the two test protocols used for testing octane. The average between the Motor Octane Number (MON) and the Research Octane Number (RON) is the number posted on the pump. This compares to Europe and many Asian and African markets where the RON measurement is the same number posted on the pump. So, while there appears to be an actual difference in octane, there is, in fact, only a different protocol to figure the number. 91 Octane in the U.S. is probably identical to 96 octane in Germany, for example

Each 10 “points” of octane add up to one “number”. So, if a bottled octane booster claims to add 6 points, addition of that additive to 91 octane gas will result in 91.6 octane. However, if two X-Caps® Caplet l are added to 91 octane gasoline, the resultant 2 “numbers” will bump it to 93 octane!

Correct octane is one of many elements that lend it to getting all the performance, economy and power from you engine. But increased octane is what the performance buffs and people in the know want. They know that higher octane means faster, smoother acceleration and pick up. And, many cars specify high octane fuel requirements in their owner’s manual. Most modern engines that utilize high compression ratios and fuel injection require reasonably high octane to even get those engines running.

Most of the classic ‘muscle’ cars required high octane gasoline. Those engines were designed for full leaded “Ethyl” or “High Test”. Today’s gasoline is a far cry from what those muscle car owners could buy at the pump. Use of X-Caps® goes a long way in recreating that power and performance from many of those vintage engines.

X-Caps fuel Caps act as a "lead substitute". For U.S. sized motorcycles, X-Caps® offers a specially sized tablet. The X-Caps® range also offers ‘motorbike’ tablets (X-Caps® 8L pouch) for those 70 to 150cc bikes and scooters popular in overseas markets with smaller onboard tank capacity.

X-Caps do not contain manganese (MMT) or manganese based compounds.