Magnetic fuel "conditioner"

 The question first: Has anyone tried using a magnetic fuel
"conditioner" in their motorcycle?

I bought a cold air intake for my truck recently and it came with a
FuelBoss which is a $30 retail device to be installed just before your
fuel injectors or carbeurator in your truck or car. It is supposed
cause the hydrocarbon molecules to separate so they burn more
completely and cleanly. Gimic? I don't know but from what I've read
even the sceptics seem to be reporting a mileage increase in their
vehicles. One mechanic reports buying one to prove it was a gimic and
average mileage increased from 18mpg to 22mpg in his '97 Ford Ranger.

Since it was free I'm going to give it a try on my '02 Dakota which is
a gas hog with its 4.7L V8. I'm wondering how it owuld work on my '97
Magna. I get around 43mpg with the bike and wonder if I could increase
average MPG's with the FuelBoss. In straight economic terms it may
take more than one season of riding in Maine to recoup the $30 in fuel
savings.  The other factor to consider is the extended range since I'm
usually looking for a gas station at 90+ miles on a tank of fuel and
starting to get very concerned if I haven't found fuel by 120 miles.

Has anybody got experience with these devices?

Thanks,
Chris

 

Not only a gimmick, but complete and utter nonsense.

--
Dr. Hans-Christian Becker
'96 VN750 SM5TLH KG6POK
Uppsala, Sweden

 
It's snake oil, pure and simple.

 

I have a question for you:  What kind of magnet attracts carbon based anything?
If that thing really does attract hydrocarbons in the fuel line, wouldn't those
hydrocarbons start bunching up on the inside of your fuel line at the magnet and
eventually plug it off?  If you dipped it in a container of gas, would it come
out fuzzy with hydrocarbons like a magnet does when dipped in iron filings?


It helps to know what that does.  Your injection system senses the intake air
temperature.  When it's cold, it dumps in a little more fuel to act much like
the choke on a carb system.  It gets more gas so it runs better when it's cold.
The cold air intake fools the system into thinking it's cold all the time, so it
dumps in more gas.  It runs a little better.  It uses more gas.


Stop for a minute and ask yourself this:  If it's worth $30, why did they throw
it in free?


You can get the same increase by unplugging the AC clutch.  Have you checked
anywhere else except the people who are trying to push this thing?


See if you still have the box that the Fuel Boss came in.  It's worth more than
the Fuel Boss.

When traveling salesmen used to walk the streets trying to sell junk to
unsuspecting homeowners, they had a code.  Any time they found a sucker, they'd
write on the gatepost or over the apartment door or on the mailbox, the date
they scammed the occupants.  The next huckster would see the note and know that
resident was easy picking.  They no longer mark their victims like that.  They
just look for a magnetic fuel conditioner and they know they've found another
sucker.  If there's anything to be happy about with this whole situation, be
happy you didn't actually pay for this thing.

My best advice would be to get a rubber band, and use that rubber band to
tightly fasten a $5 bill to the magnetic fuel conditioner.  Go to a bridge,
preferably over deep water, and throw it just as far as you can throw it.

The $5 is so you can say you lost something of value.

--
Jack

 

Laboratory experiments with extremely powerful magnets have
*levitated* frogs and insects. You can google for "levitating frog" if
you like.


I think the theory is that the magnet polarizes molecules and aligns
them, but I doubt if there is any effect on combustion that would
enhance economy.