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"happy-go-lucky" wrote in message
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On Tue, 26 Dec 2006 16:22:08 GMT, "L Ron Hubbub"
wrote:

http://www.harborfreightusa.com/usa/...o?itemid=36098

Be sure to read the product manual! Its a real joke - 'magnetic circuitry'
indeed.

And of course one or more of you knuckleheads out there reading this will
swear you are getting great fuel milege because you too have a magnet
strapped to your fuel line......


I use two of these...one on the fuel line right after the gas tank,
and the other up closer to the engine. I have seen about a 15%
increase in fuel mileage. At first, I didn't think it was working too
well until one of the guys at my local Harbor Freight store who works
on cars told me to make sure they are both installed with the same
magnetic polarity. Sure enough, he was right.

Car manufacturers could put these on their vehicles, but don't to save
on production costs. The "Tornado" is another item that is worth its
weight in gold.

So the joke is on you, L Ron. These things really do work.

There are people who believe they've been aboard alien spaceships too.

JOHN D wrote:
There are people who believe they've been aboard alien spaceships too.

Wonder why it only works on 4 cyl engines? Seems if it works on 4 it
should work on 6 and 8 as well.

Absolutely. Was that being claimed?

"cmdr buzz corey" wrote in message
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JOHN D wrote:
There are people who believe they've been aboard alien spaceships too.

Wonder why it only works on 4 cyl engines? Seems if it works on 4 it
should work on 6 and 8 as well.

When it comes to gas-saving gizmos, it's like religion--you're either a
believer or you're not. And like religion, belief is based on faith,
not evidence. Magnetic fuel-line devices for boosting gas milage have
been around for decades, as have other gizmos claimed to improve MPG
(e.g., using fuel-line heating, fuel-line cooling, ionization, etc.).
The EPA has tested more than 100 gas-saving devices--under controlled
conditions--and hasn't found a single one, including four magnet types
like the one under discussion, that measures up to its claims.

For more info, take a look at a fact sheet recently published by the
Federal Trade Commission on gas-saving devices at
www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/autos/gasave.htm. Consumer Reports has
also looked at gas-saving add-ons and found them wanting.

Believe if you want, but these things are pure snake oil. And they
don't all fall into the "well, at least it's not hurting anything and
it might help" category. Some, like additives that get dumped into the
fuel or oil, can damage the car.

Extraordinary claims, as Carl Sagan said, require extraordinary
evidence. It's ain't there.