Engine Magnetic Feild = Gas Saver?

Magnetic Feild = Gas Saver?

Going through CarDomain, I found a 2003 Corolla with a lot of little DIY stuff. One of which was a magnetic feild around his gas tube. Says it saves 10% gas. Can anyone verify this? Here's a pic of the DIY...

i've seen some magnetic drain plugs, those are supposed to clean up some of the contaminants in your fuel so maybe having magnets DOES give better gas mileage??

since magnetic fields only affect iron and steel and other things that ARE magnetic.... I fail to see how it could have any effect whatsoever on petroleum-based fuel. It's a gimmick.

I dont see how it work either but people been using it over in japan for a while now.. theres another unit from Top Fuel called the Power Neo

My friend got on in this teggy, and the mileage jumped from 400km per tank to 450km per tank. He got it from Hong Kong loooooong time ago.

No, no NO those do not work...

If they worked, the car companies would have been using them YEARS ago to raise their CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) with very little cost to the consumer-- or to themselves.

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/11/fuelsaver.htm

it pulls out &quot;contaminants&quot; (we are really talking about things that are attracted by magnets I.E. tiny metal pieces)<br />
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how does it clean the fuel from the oil in the motor if the fuel is injected from the gas tank into the motor and then burnt?

If this magnet pulled out enough material to be significant (beyond what your fuel filter removes) wouldnt you eventually have to switch out the lines?

If you REALLY think about it, every automobile already has one of these devices on it - actually, several. What components of the fuel system works on the principle of magnetism?? I can think of 2 - fuel pump and each injector. After all, the pump is immersed and the fuel is what cools and lubricates the motor, and each time the injector coil is energized, a magnetic field is what causes the injection needle to lift off its seat. Hence, fuel is flowing through a magnetic field twice between the tank and the cylinder.

So...in essence...the fuel is already flowing through a magnetic field - twice.

Trav

Apparently, some people will believe anything, and spend tons of money on crap like this.

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Funny, I didnt think you could polarlize a non-polar compound.