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Long ago I started hearing about using magnets on the fuel line to increase fuel mileage. The theory is that while there is no metal or iron in the fuel, the magnetic field "excites" the molecules in the fuel making it more combustable.
Well,four weeks ago I was at Harbor Freight and saw one these units and decided to put this theory to the test. The problem however, is that I was not about to part with 15 precious dollars to do it. What I did do was take two magnets from a hard drive and carefully framed them across from each other on the fuel line. I filled up the tank and started keeping a watch on my mileage. I decided that to give this an approving nod that there would have to be a significant increase in mileage.
It's been a month and I'm ready to give all of you of news that may actually surprise you. After checking the results of 17 fill-ups, each being at least 3.5 gallons, looking at each one individually and then putting them together and averaging them out and comparing that number to the individual accounts and the average on it's own. I have in the ways of the great sherlock holmes come to the only logical conclusion I could. Believe it or not, there was no change in my fuel mileage at all. My avrage fuel mileage has been 42 mpg. With the magnets, there was no change. Final conclusion, even though we are looking to get the best mileage we can, don't waste your money. the only way magnets great movement of your fuel is if the magnet is strong enough to pull your metal gas can.
Long ago I started hearing about using magnets on the fuel line to increase fuel mileage. The theory is that while there is no metal or iron in the fuel, the magnetic field "excites" the molecules in the fuel making it more combustable.
Well,four weeks ago I was at Harbor Freight and saw one these units and decided to put this theory to the test. The problem however, is that I was not about to part with 15 precious dollars to do it. What I did do was take two magnets from a hard drive and carefully framed them across from each other on the fuel line. I filled up the tank and started keeping a watch on my mileage. I decided that to give this an approving nod that there would have to be a significant increase in mileage.
It's been a month and I'm ready to give all of you of news that may actually surprise you. After checking the results of 17 fill-ups, each being at least 3.5 gallons, looking at each one individually and then putting them together and averaging them out and comparing that number to the individual accounts and the average on it's own. I have in the ways of the great sherlock holmes come to the only logical conclusion I could. Believe it or not, there was no change in my fuel mileage at all. My avrage fuel mileage has been 42 mpg. With the magnets, there was no change. Final conclusion, even though we are looking to get the best mileage we can, don't waste your money. the only way magnets great movement of your fuel is if the magnet is strong enough to pull your metal gas can.