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Want Better Mileage? Simple Device Which Uses Electrical Field Could Boost Gas Efficiency Up To 20%
www.sciencedaily.com ^
| 9-26-2008
| Adapted from materials provided by Temple University.
Posted on 01/02/2009 11:37:56 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: 6SJ7
I think it’s supposed to make smaller, and hence better more efficiently burning, droplets............
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:51:10 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
You must BELIEVE................ And klick the heels of your ruby slippers three times......
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:52:30 AM PST
by
fella
(.He that followeth after vain persons shall have poverty enough." Pv.28:19')
To: Red Badger
Isn’t that the same device they say turns hard water into soft water?
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:52:34 AM PST
by
Taxbilly
To: Red Badger
I just moved to a house where it’s downhill coming and going so I don’t even have to start the engine.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:53:09 AM PST
by
Iron Munro
(Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself)
To: Taxbilly
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:53:42 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: 6SJ7
The aggregation of the asphaltene (a.k.a. diesel sludge) which leads to the lowering of viscosity lasts for several hours, according to the abstract I linked above, which is plenty of time for the fuel to make it from this device attached to the common rail out to the injector.
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:54:03 AM PST
by
mvpel
(Michael Pelletier)
To: Red Badger
Doesn’t 2 ounces or so of acetone per tank do the same?
Plus, it makes your injectors clean as a whistle!!
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:54:09 AM PST
by
djf
(< Tagline closed until further notice. Awaiting bailout >)
To: Iron Munro
How is that possible?.............
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:54:37 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: djf
I need to try that acetone............
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:56:22 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:59:09 AM PST
by
shove_it
(and have a nice day)
To: djf
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posted on
01/02/2009 11:59:09 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
I saw ads for something like that back in the 50s in my dads’s bathroom magazines (i.e. True, Argosy) and, as a result, view this gadget with more than a little suspicion.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:00:24 PM PST
by
pt17
To: Red Badger
Wow, another "magnets on the fuel line" device. This one is an electromagnet, so it is really also (primarily) adding heat to the fuel.
Heating the fuel going into a mechanical diesel injection pump (like on older Mercedes Benz diesels) will reduce the viscosity of the fuel and very slightly reduce the power used by the injection pump (and therefore not available to the transmission to propel the vehicle). I'm not sure, but I think the laws of thermodynamics would prevent the power saved at the injection pump from exceeding the power consumed by the alternator to provide the electrical power to the heater/electromagnet.
This smells like BS.
I used to tell people that I had magnets on my fuel lines, the EN-Valve, a tornado, splitfire spark plugs, and a few other "fuel saving" devices. My fuel economy is so good, the car actually makes fuel as I drive it. I have to drain the tank periodically to prevent the fuel tank from overfilling.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:00:56 PM PST
by
cc2k
To: cc2k; pt17
OH, Ye of little faith!...............
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:02:37 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(I was sad because I had no shoes to throw, until I met a reporter who had no feet.....)
To: Red Badger
It seems this STWA doesn't have a very good track record.
What listeners don't know is that STWA was charged with stock fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In December 2001, the SEC charged the company with engaging in a fraudulent scheme to manipulate the market for STWA stock. STWA was charged with leading a fraudulent promotional campaign to disseminate false and misleading information about a product they were marketing called "Zero Emissions Fuel Saver," a "fuel molecule atomizer device" that supposedly reduces diesel and gasoline emissions by placing magnets on an engine's fuel line.
The Strickland/Brockovich connection: Shaky companies
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:03:50 PM PST
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: Red Badger
One test vehicle? How can they claim any scientific results from a sample of one? That's an anecdote, not science.
Why would they prototype and test this device on a diesel engine when gasoline engines makeup the largest share of the market?
To: Red Badger
The Do-It-Yourself-Kit comes with a re-usable tin foil hat.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:10:25 PM PST
by
O6ret
To: Red Badger
Just what I always wanted. A device with high-amperage power from my car’s battery connected to the fuel system. What could possibly go wrong with that?
To: 6SJ7
Most gasoline engines inject fuel into the intake port with the injector usually located at the on the intake manifold at the intake manifold / cylinder head flange. That said I believe some companies have direct injection into the combustion chamber. Mazda comes to mind with its turbo intercooled fours that scat pretty good. I don't think the process is wide spread though.
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posted on
01/02/2009 12:18:07 PM PST
by
Nuc1
(NUC1 Sub pusher SSN 668 (Liberals Aren't Patriots))
To: Iron Munro
"...I just moved to a house where its downhill coming and going so I dont even have to start the engine..." And I just put in extra leaf springs and jacked up the rear end of my car. That way, I'm always going downhill!
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