Fuel Saving Tips for Cars

[nightshade]

A quick look around the company car park at tyre wear indicates that
many people have under inflated tyres (wear on both edges centre
tread less worn) and many cars seem to be in need of a service/tune up
based on poor starting when leaving and smoking exhausts on cars arriving (these have driven around twenty miles)
How is your car?

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Jez

Eeyore have you looked on the section on the left handside-how it works?

yep it says this

Originally Posted by powerplus

Powerplus fuel saving technology works with all types of hydrocarbon fuels, including Diesel, Petrol, LPG and CNG.

The fuel saving technology is a 3 stage, solid state, slow release additive system performing the following functions:


CLEANSING AGENT

This softens the Carbon and varnish deposits in the engine. The treated deposits are then either burnt and ejected during the combustion process or carried by the engine oil and deposited in the sump. The length of time it takes to thoroughly cleanse an engine is dictated by the amount of deposits present. In most cases the cleansing (conditioning) process is completed somewhere between 1500 & 2000 miles after installing the Powerplus unit. We strongly recommend a complete oil and filter change at 2000 miles.

Note: The cleansing process continues throughout the life of the unit.

so far so funky - except that these are the same claims made for high performance petrol - which an industry wide study found to be bunk not that long ago - also even if it is true which i doubt there is no way that deposits on a relatively new engine are reducing efficiency by anywhere near that much.

Originally Posted by powerplus

LUBRICATION AGENT

The high-grade lubricant in the unit migrates into the combustion chamber via the fuel flow and lubricates all moving parts. This reduces friction and improves the efficiency of the engine. This increased efficiency also leads to improved fuel economy.

my car engine is already lubricated - by the oil in the sump , and great effort is made to keep lubricant and petrol seperate as doing otherwise resultys in those lovely plumes of white smoke that you see from old cars on a winters morning

Originally Posted by powerplus

FUEL CONDITIONING AGENT

As the fuel passes through the unit its structure is electrochemically altered. This alteration to the structure of the fuel results in a far more efficient and controlled combustion. This increased efficiency produces more power from the same amount of fuel together with marked reductions in unpleasant and damaging exhaust emissions.

this is the same claim that was made for the magnetic devices - unfortunately it isnt possible to electrochemically alter the structure of petrol - at least not in a device that size , and if you could you would effectively have created rocket fuel which would burn out your eengine in short order - assuming it didnt explode , cars are designed to run on 95 or 97 octane for a reason after all

Originally Posted by powerplus

The Powerplus system is slow release, solid state technology designed to continue working for a considerable period of time, in most cases longer than the life of the vehicle.... The product is guaranteed for five years unlimited mileage and is completely maintenance free.

how is it possible to be both solid state and slow release ? and how can a unit that size possibly contain 5 years worth of fuel additive and lubricant ?

no , im all for increasing your fuel efficiency but IMO this unit will only have a placebo effect at best - ie users may perceive it to be working when it actually isnt

Also noticeable that the how it works section doesnt actually tell you how a unit that size does these things , or what chemicals are involved - like i said puffery

[nightshade]

Apart from the solid state bit, it reminds me of an injector unit made for
the Red-X additive,called a Stack Unit

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Varan Komodosky

Spend £500 on a moped or a little 50cc scooter and stick to using it for short journeys. Save you a fortune.

or rather more than that on an enfield bullet motorbike - a freind of mine has one which does a tad under 80mpg - mind you his is a classic , i dont know if the ones being built in india are as efficient.

[crispy]

Originally Posted by nightshade

Some older diesels can run on 50-50 diesel and vegetable oil others 0n 30-70
this reduces particulates,best I can do with a new motor is the 10% included in "city diesel" A friend reports no discernable loss of performance when he tows a caravan with his "Bongo" on almost 50-50
BEFORE trying this get Extremely reliable advice from a "Qualified person"

i run my mondeo 1.8 td on 100% biodiesel in summer with almost no performance loss and mix it 50/50 with regular diesel during the winter since bio is prone to 'waxing'.

didnt have to do anything to my engine except a fuel filter change is recommended (although i havnt done that !)

i recommend it to anyone with a diesel car (except those high pressure new ones may need a little more info on those ???) and its currently 88 pence per litre from my local source.

[crispy]

i should add that by bio-diesel i mean waste restaurant vegetable oil.