Most of those gizmos and gadgets don't really work.It looks like this one is another of those inline fuel(ionizers,stabelizers,molecular structure of fuel improvers).They pop up every few years,and they're all just magnets.Whenthey do work,what's actually going on is the magnet is attracting the rust particals in the fuel system and causing a fuel restriction.Which leads to you'r engine running leaner.Slightly leaner fuel mixture can increase you'r mileage and power.But you'll burn you'r exhaust valves out and cause premature wear on the engine.Vapor carburators actually do work and give unbelievable fuel mileage.100-200 and more miles per gallon on big full sized cars.But you need pure,raw gasoline for them to work long term.I believe all modern gasoline has oil that has been molecularly cracked to create more gasoline mixed in.You try vaporizing the cracked oil,and you get a tar residue left over.These carburators worked great back in the 1920's and 30's when you bought raw gasoline with no addatives or fuel cracking to increase gasoline production.And even though they did really work back then,the car makers never installed them.Yes there still are super high effiency fuel systems around that do work with modern fuel.And the car manufacturers know about them,because they own the patents by hostile acquisition.THIS is not an urban legend.They could be building 300 mpg cars today.I don't know why they don't.But I personally know of at least two carburator designs belonging to one of Americas big three auto makers that are real.And the inventor of one of them who I used to know personally was threatened to sell his patent to them or he and his family would disapear.Yes he sold to them,but he doesn't dare ever tell anyone about his design.I knew about it before the patent.

"You'r" (sic) just making this stuff up as you go, right?

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1989 300 SEL that mostly works, but needs TLC

No, it's all true. Really. Time to go fire up the Flux Capacitor in the Delorean.

There is a long thread in the archives on this from a while back, take a look.... talking about premium vs regular and probably some talk about "wonder gyzmos" to get you to 54 mpg

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1995 E320 smoke silver / parchment

Know where I can get a Mr. Fusion rebuild kit?

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1989 300 SEL that mostly works, but needs TLC

I've heard this story for at least 23 years, and I'm less and less open-minded about its veracity. Patents expire after 17 years. A savvy business person can profit from it's exclusivity for up to 20 years. Why hasn't something like this surfaced by now, and with the internet why aren't there bootleg plans available for the DIYer? Heck, everything else is bootlegged on the internet!!! I don't buy it.

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95 E320 Cabriolet, 169K

I recently installed a phased-trionic sub-molecular inversion reactor. Fits in the trunk near gas tank of course.

Instead of filling the tank with gas, one simply fills the tank with water from the public water supply along with 8 oz. of hydrogen peroxide and 4 oz. of sodium benzynol. This mixture is drawn into the reactor and the output is 95 octane gasoline.

Gas mileage is a little better than with conventional gasoline...about 25mpg in my case, but the cost of operation has been greatly reduced.

The reactor was developed at the University of Schlitterbahn by Professor Hans Dorkmunder and Professor Renaldo Geech.

They'll soon be available at Wal-Mart for $79.95

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'91 300-SEL

A restriction won't lean out the system much on an EFI engine, which pumps far more fuel out of the tank that it injects, and cycles the unused fuel back to the tank. A restriction won't lean a carburetor unless it really slows down the flow to the bowl, and again most pumps can pump a lot faster than the bowl can drain.
Yes, it is unbelievable fuel mileage. Modern gasoline engines are about 33% efficient. A big full sized car may get 30mpg, so with a 100% efficient engine it could at best get 99 mpg! No carburetor will increase engine efficiency that much.
Gasoline starts in the refinerey as crude oil. The 'refining' process 'cracks' the long chain molecules of the crude oil into molecules with shorter chains to become your "pure, raw gasoline." It is then blended with detergents and octane boosters to make what we know as gasoline.
As stated above, cracking is what produces the gasoline. It is not brought up 'pure' from a well...
Because they can't violate the laws of physics? Because nobody would buy or ride in a 1,000 pound, 5 horsepower car that had a top speed of 10mph downhill with a tailwind.
All of the designs have to mix air and fuel at a 14.5:1 ratio or it won't burn. How they do that is governed by physics too...

Apologies to all for Off Topic response. I feel better now...

Best Regards,
Jim

Okay, I'll let you in on my secret.
I bought a fuel-saving device 6 months ago & ever since then I have to remove gasoline from my overflowing gastank, twice a week.
Boy, that overflow sure ruins my waxjob.

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2007 C 230 Sport.

On a more serious note, long distance truck drivers are getting more than a bit peeved at "NASCAR dads" attempting to "draft" them on the interstates to save gas.

I would think there's too much airflow under the trailer to allow for drafting.

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1989 300 SEL that mostly works, but needs TLC

Does anyone here remember the 2.2 turbo gasoline engine Smokey Eunick built,tested,proved worked and recieved media coverage of?Didn't he get around 45% effiency with only slightly modified parts?And then it even got media coverage about how Chrysler Corperation slapped him with a multi million dollar lawsuit in order to shut him up?And then not another word was heard.And this is a well respected race engine builder and engineer.Goes against the laws of physics,doesn't it?So I guess that's another fuel system I know of that actually works.But most believe to be completly impossible.
And early oil refining was done with alcohol style pot stills.No molecular cracking done there.Just simple distallation with the end products being propane,RAW gasoline,kerosene(then known as coal oil),oil and tar.Molecular cracking to increase gasoline production begane durring WW II with chemical and mineral catalysts.It takes a catalyst of some type before it is considered molecular cracking as far as I have ever been able to find out.
But I guess I'm just another ignorant fool who doesn't know anything.
I don't begine to know everything there is about anything.A person would have to be perfect for that.I'm far from stupid or ignorant.But believe me or not,I know I'm right on this.And most scientists worth their degrees now admit they shouldn't say anything is impossible.Just highly improbable.The experts used to be certain that no engine could be designed with better effiency then the 12% efficient steam engines of the time.And along came Rudolf Diesel with his 25% efficient compression ignition engine.Like I said before,tell me it's impossible.

Utoh...it's obvious you KNOW TOO MUCH. Worse than that, you've failed to keep your FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE quiet. By now, THEY will have noticed this thread. We are all in DANGER for having read it, but you especially, for stating THAT WHICH MUST NOT BE MENTIONED Even now, I fear it's too late. There's a plain white van suspiciously sitting parked down the street. In trying to warn you, I may have waited too long to save myself, but you still might have a chance.

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1989 300 SEL that mostly works, but needs TLC

This thread cracks me up, whenever someone has this "great" fuel mileage idea I laugh so hard. Trust me, if any automobile manufature could produce a car that got substantially better fuel mileage than there counterparts they would bring that "magic pill" to the market as fast as possible to garner a larger share of the market and make more money. Common sense here.
Chris

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94 E320 with:
18" ///AMG Monoblock II's,AMG Gen II front bumper, H&R spings,500E sway bar, Bilstein sports, Eisemann Exhst, K&N,E500 Headlamps, Crystal Clear Corners, Avantgard Grill ...and more stuff to come! oh yeah 241k miles!!


My Car WOO HOO...... Now SOLD
New car.... 2001 Jaguar XJR!!!!

These things do seem to have a placebo affect on people. After someone spends $29.95 on something they want it to work, and they start paying more attention to their driving. So they get better mileage, no thanks to the device. After a while they forget about it and their mileage goes back to normal. If everyone spent the same money on tune-ups and new air filters we would be better off.