Has any one heard of this device.
Extract from advert:
"This unit allows you to save up to 20% of fuel costs, by aligning the particles of the fuel, thus improving oxygen flow making combustion easier and more efficent. The unit comes with full instructions and is easy installed as it is secured by 2 tie clips to the fuel pipe."
Does this work or is it a con because it only costs £5.00?
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Sounds like yet more snake oil to me :o)
Terry
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Utter rubbish. But if you want to "chance" a fiver - up to you.
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Always tempting Sarb
But ask yourself this: car manufacturers sell many cars on their fuel economy (vw lupo anyone?)- if this worked why wouldn't the car manufacturers use them?
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hi
i have one of those green things that is mentioned above
The only thing it did for me which was not very good was it cost me £8
it does nothing its just a lump of metal (magnets)
apparantly they fit onto lawnmowers as well now who wants to use one of the flymo etc
Regards
J Stephenson
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Yep.
The posivlow is a couple of magnets, which have been plastic coated.
The company (whose name is on the box) is no longer registered at companies house. I therefore suspect that the seller has "aquired" these units as bankrupt stock (the manufactuers didnt make enough profit to survive, might give a clue to the effectivness of these units)
The unit is based on magnets as is effectivly the same as the ecoflow units. As other posters have said the unit cannot possibly work, as if a magnet would give any fuel saving benefit (let alone 20% as claimed) then it would become standard fit (and use a more effecient location, or system that a magnet tied to the fuel like - i.e electromagnet etc)
Having said that, I have just fitted one to my car (aquired it out of a friends garage!) and will be interested to be proved right that there is no fuel saving whatsoever. I will post results to this thread, with my findings.
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I seem to remember the last time such devices were discussed, the best advice was that those in favour should put the magnets in a hat to align their brain molecules and let them think more clearly...!
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Like the idea of putting the mags in a hat - Definatly more chance of it doing \"something\" that improving fuel economy!
As I have said, I have stuck them on my fuel line, but only cause I got it for nothing, and out of interest to prove myself right (not that I need to - nothing in A level physics could show this to work in theory let alone practice)
Best advice is to save the money, and stick the £5.00 you would have spent into the petrol tank (in fuel rather than the note!)
If you want to reduce your fuel cost, may I suggest www.petrolbusters.com and always fill up at the cheapest filling station!
If your car takes 50ltrs, fill one a week, and you save on average 2p a litre (71.9p rather than 73.9p) you will save £52 a year - much more than any \"fuel saving device\"
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The AA tested these things a couple of years back and in not so many words deduced they were rubbish. Since when was petrol magnetic?
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I've used these on two different size cars so far and the results have been very good.
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Course they have Nasim. You wouldn't know where I could obtain one of these gems would you?
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T
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They are above the bottles of snake oil .
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To the right of Compression Ratio PLUS, left of Head Gasket Goo, and if you've reached BHP Power Restorer mix (adds 50 horses, guaranteed) you've gone too far...
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Works on the 'Placebo' effect.
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These are a bit out of sell by date,By about 40 years, they didnt sell very well in the 70`s
and were never proven to do anything but add weight to the vehicle/make a Mechanic smile when he saw one
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No sorry mate can't help you. My brother bought a few at a booty and I've used a couple of them that's all.
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