Adding water injection to auto engines
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009Jeff,
Any truth to the claims of adding water injection systems to increase my mileage for my gas-guzzling SUV?
Thanks
Joe Rocchio
West Palm Beach, Fl
Joe,
I am no expert on automobile engines, but I do know two things:
1. You can find 1000 different gadgets claiming increased mileage including wrapping magnets around the fuel line, injecting water, all kinds of fuel additives, coils to make a hotter spark, hotter spark plugs, and slicker lubricating oils.
2. If I manufactured low mileage cars in today’s high fuel cost environment causing many buyers to switch away from the “gas guzzlers”, I think I would be adding any gadget I could to make my design more efficient unless I had already tested and found all these gimmicks to either have little or no improvement, or their improvement caused long term engine damage.
You should read the opening paragraphs of an article I wrote last year.
Hope this helps,
Jeff Yago
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