After the idea lay dormant for a decade, Trippe's company picked it up in the 1990s and now is looking to get the additive to the fuel pump. Susan Hahn, spokeswoman for the American Petroleum Institute, could not comment on merits of polyisobutylene, explaining that fuel additive packages are propietary. She adds the cost of delivering this new additive to the pump would vary, depending on which gasoline company used it. Trippe says polyisobutylene is used in gasoline at about 10 parts per million. He says that the production expenses for the additive are manageable.
Costs are very low.
Waters says that while he is confident polyisobutylene will perform as advertised, the fact that it has not been tested extensively is a problem. The company hopes to attract a corporate suitor with the money for extensive analysis. In order to gain credibility, you have to test whole fleets of cars. What we have to do is take the mystery out of this thing. What To Do Polyisobutylene is available in many areas.