EFFECT OF ADDING ORGANIC ADDITIVE TO RON 92 FUEL ON ENGINE PERFORMANCE

Abstract

The increasing number of motorized vehicles in Indonesia has an impact on the increasing use of fuel oil. This will also have an impact on the depletion of the availability of petroleum reserves. Efforts are needed to save the use of fuel oil, one way is to improve engine performance by adding organic additives to fuel oil which are claimed to be able to improve engine performance consisting of engine power and torque values. However, these claims raise doubts as to whether these organic additives are beneficial to the vehicle. Based on the claims and doubts that arise, research is needed to determine the extent of the effect. This research was carried out with experimental tests using dynotest tools to find the value of engine power and torque where motorized vehicles were tested under conditions without additional organic additives and with additional organic additives. The results of the study, the addition of organic additives to engine power has an influence with an increase between 1.52% to 2.24% and for engine torque has an influence with an increase between 1.71% to 3.2%. Based on these findings, the claim of organic additives to improve engine performance is true.