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From: Faure, Marin (no email)
Date: Mon Dec 13 2004 - 13:39:06 EST
>So does anybody know why a plain old magnetic of some strength wouldn't
work...at 10% of the cost??.....just strap it to a fuel line?
As someone famous said, there's a sucker born every minute. Sure, you
can use plain old magnets. They will be just as effective as the fancy
Algae-X magnets. There used to be a kit sold which included a pair of
cow magnets (available at any farm supply store for a few cents apiece),
a roll of electrical tape and some instructions. Put in a printed box,
this lashup sold for $50 back in the mid-1980s. It did exactly the same
thing as the Algae-X system, which is to say, nothing. But a lot of
people bought into the hype and installed them, ran tests, and swore up
and down they were getting better mileage. They weren't, other than the
fact that they were so conscious of the mileage issue that they drove a
little more conservatively, which of course DID get them better mileage.
We had a fellow at work buy one of these kits. He installed it and made
a big deal about it, carefully measuring his before and after mileage.
A co-worker started pouring a gallon gas into his tank at lunchtime
every few days (this was before locking gas caps were common), and of
course the guy's mileage skyrocketed. He was ecstatic until a few weeks
later when the co-worker stopped putting the gas in. The car's mileage
went right back to what it had been originally. The guy was frantic,
calling the magnet kit company (with no success), and finally ordering a
second cow magnet kit to replace the first set which he was convinced
had failed. Of course, his mileage remained exactly the same.
Think about it-- after the fuel passes through the magnetic field, it
then goes through a lift pump, and then a distributor pump and then is
sprayed out through injectors. Do you actually think that even if the
magnetic field (which is extremely weak) "aligned" the fuel molecules in
the first place, which is supposed to be the basis for improved burn
efficiency, that these molecules are still going to be "aligned" after
being pumped, mixed, and sprayed?
As to a weak magnetic field's ability to kill algae, forget it. I think
I already related a friend's experience in Hawaii when he was a
transmission tower maintenance guy for Hawaiian Electric. He told me
how slippery some of the tower arms could be from accumulated slime
(algae) where water sat in low spots. This algae was having a fine old
time a few feet from major high tension lines with Lord knows what sort
of magnetic activity going on. You think a few weak little magnets
taped to a fuel line is going to kill them?
Finally, if there was anything at all to this magnetic fuel treatment
theory, don't you think the engine manufacturers would have jumped all
over it? It's not like this is a new "discovery." I've been seeing ads
for this stuff for 30 years. If it worked, it would be in the engine
manufacturers' interests to improve efficiency and reduce fuel problems,
particularly warranty problems. But none of them put this sort of
magnetic hocus pocus on their engines.
I made the mistake once awhile back of asking a good friend in the
marine engine design and manufacturing business if there was anything to
this magnetic fuel treatment deal. It took him a long time to stop
laughing, but when he did he said his company had actually tested some
of these devices, including the Algae-X. Their conclusion was that they
do absolutely nothing other than transfer money from the buyer's wallet
to the manufacturer, which he admitted they do extremely effectively.
On the other hand, he said, since they do nothing to the fuel they don't
hurt anything. So there is no mechanical, chemical, or physical reason
whatsoever not to put them in or around your fuel lines. And who knows,
if you let people know you've installed one, maybe you'll get lucky and
someone will start pouring extra fuel into your tanks when you aren't
looking. At today's fuel prices, that could be a Good Thing.
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C. Marin Faure
GB36-403 "La Perouse"
Bellingham, Washington
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