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Article #614Re: Are hydrogen kits the way forward?
From: Naked Gonad
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:14
Date: Fri, 02 Jan 2009 17:14
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Harry Bloomfield wrote: > Naked Gonad expressed precisely : >> Thanks for the info.The trouble is, that I'm getting mixed >> answers,depending which report I read.There doesn't seem to be a >> definitive and straight answer to this. > > There do not seem to be any straight answers available, the only clues > seem to be the fact that people are experimenting and freely publishing > their designs. > >> I wish there were an independent board who could give categoric >> answers to these queries,like mpg difference per model and all the >> fors and againsts of a conversion.Also is there any hidden long term >> adverse affects on say,catalytic converters(will they deteriorate >> quicker etc). > > The only figures I could find were those of companies trying to sell the > kits. Those who are amateurs who are experimenting seem to suggest the > kits are a complete waste of money and achieve nothing. > > Looking at it logically, it is yet another form of perpetual motion - > except for the fact that they experimenters insist it does work. > > Basically you use petrol to turn the engine, the engine generates > electrical power via the alternator. The electrical power is used to > turn water into HHO or Brown's gas, which is extremely explosive, the > same gas as is given off by your battery when it is fully charged. You > add the gas to your intake manifold and it burns along with the petrol. > > So the only possible way it can work is for it to make the combustion > process much more efficient and only then if you can fool your ECU into > working with the more efficient combustion process. Older carburettor > engines can be run as is, without any such changes, so I understand. The > changes involves adding a small gadget to the oxygen sensor, to adjust > its voltage - or re-mapping the ECU. > > What does work without any doubt and without any modifications, is a > regular dose of injector cleaner once a year - or at least it has worked > wonders on my 3L car for this the second year of using it. It boosted > the mpg from low 20's last year to around 27mpg. I have just used it > again last week and seen the same thing happen, all as indicated by the > fuelling computer. The difference the first time was quite gradual over > the use of a tankful, but this time it was almost instant - over a > distance of 8 or so miles from adding the stuff along with a good > increase in engine performance. > > I last used it about ten years ago on my current cars predecessor and > saw no noticeable difference. > Appreciate your feedback,I will try and take all that on board.I did however know about the HHO stuff(sort of).Thanks again Sir. Gonad
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