Abstract: Gasoline composition comprising a major amount of a gasoline suitable for use in spark-ignition engines, and a minor amount of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal salt of a succinic acid having as substituent on at least one of its .alpha.-carbon atoms an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 20 to 200 carbon atoms, or of a succinic acid derivative having as substitutent on one of its .alpha.-carbon atoms an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 20 to 200 carbon atoms which is connected to the other .alpha.-carbon atom by means of a hydrocarbon moiety having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms.

Abstract: A gasoline motor fuel composition is disclosed comprising a minor and effective amount of at least one sulfurized dioleyl ester of norbornene. Also disclosed is a method for reducing fuel consumption of internal combustion engines by incorporating a sulfurized dioleyl ester of norbornene into the gasoline fuel to said engines and operating the engines for a time sufficient to disperse said ester throughout the oil-contacted surfaces of the engine.