ETHOS fuel re-formulator?

[thealaskan]

Have anyone tried or continue to use Ethos Fuel Re-Formulator ? I was given a sample and I gotta say my mileage did improve between 1 and 1. 5 per gallon. Pretty impressive unless I'm seeing things... ... .

 

[wild4stangs]

You are not seeing things. I have been using this stuff in all my cars, with great highway results. See below



99 Chevy Lumina V6 before 27 After 32

01 Honda Accord V6 before 28 After 34

01 Yamaha Roadstar Before 53 After 60



Will be trying it in my truck on the next tank of fuel. I have pretty much retired my rig due to extreme fuel costs. I only drive it once per week. For the last 5 years I have used the truck as my daily driver (100 miles/day)



My rig already does between 18 and 20 on the HWY unloaded pretty regular, so I am excited to see what Ethos can do combined with my new Smarty Jr...

 

[DPellegrin]

Gentlemen,



My apologies for being skeptical. Over teh years I have tested numerous fuel economy additives, devices etc. none of which have worked.

How does this stuff work. Does it increase the heating value of the fuel? How does it make the engine more thermally efficient?



Thanks,

 

[wild4stangs]

Me too, over the years I have tried many mileage remedies, and nothing worked. This stuff does seem to work. I just never seem to have the stuff... It has to me mail ordered. The one thing I have not done is try to track mileage and repairs, such as tune ups, oil changes, tires etc... It is possible that there is some effect there... Also the Ethos is pretty consistant. . When I run out of the stuff, my mileage seems to drop. One thing I did notice with my motorcycle, when I ride it hard, I don't see much mileage increase...



As far as how it works, it does something to the molecules in the fuel... You can check them out at Pay Less For Gas With Ethos FR

 

[DonFitzwater]

I tried it on my motorcycle with no changes whatsoever. The wife bought a case of it(worthless uncle sells it)and used it in her jeep and no changes. No fuel mileage increases, nothing. Maybe it's Karma?:-laf

 

[betterthanstock]

It's made with esters, stuff found in biodiesel, synthetic oil, etc...

 

[DPellegrin]

Well knowing nothing else about this stuff other than it is "... made with esters," I would say that if you are replacing saturated hydrocarbons with methyl esters then the heating value of this stuff is less than ASTM-DF-2 and thus fuel economy would not be improved. Just a guess however!!

 

[NWroten]

The OTR company I drive for uses it (1 ounce/10 gal) with mixed results. I spend a lot of time in the Northeast so I idle and stop and go quite a bit, but some of the road drivers see a little increase. Be careful, we have had some issues of frozen 1 gallon bottles when stored in the back of the truck.

 

[rbattelle]

As far as how it works, it does something to the molecules in the fuel...

:-laf



The higher fuel prices go, the more of this stuff we're going to be seeing.



Ryan

 

[DPellegrin]

Gentlemen,

the Ethos literature says: "THE GAS SECRET" Oh please!!! Let's see, 20% of the fuel goes right out of the tailpipe unburned. It lubricates the engine "naturally", improves fuel economy 7% to 19%, 30% reduction in hydrocarbon emissions. And if all of this isn't enough, Ethos is used by the Al Unser family. They take VISA and Mastercard too!!



I really like the molecule comparison illustration.



What's not to like!! You gotta be kidding me!!!

 

[Bekim]

Chances are that the secret additive(s) will cause damage to fuel system components. Every Ethos thread I have read has a lot of people callling it snake oil.
Mike
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[RRees]

I only use "rattle" snake oil in my diesel. Regular old snake oil is for gassers anyway.

 

[JDancoe]

Over the past 50 years I've tried bunches of this kind of stuff. Ya know what? A lot of it did improve the fuel economy of my vehicles, sometimes almost as much as advertised! Trouble was, if you do a cost analysis, it usually ends up costing more than the fuel it saved you.

 

[rbattelle]

I tend to think these things are psychologically similar to the oil pressure gauge on 3rd gen trucks - it does nothing, but lots of people swear theirs is higher after an oil change.

Similarly, I think people do achieve better fuel economy with additives like this. But I don't think it has anything to do with the additive. Subconsciously, if you believe the product works, you're going to drive to get the results you're expecting.

Does it really matter, then, whether fuel economy is improved due to some "magic" process in the additive, or due to some psychology that makes you sub-consciously drive more efficiently? Maybe not, although the additive does cost money.

Ryan