A shot with a mix...

[GasSavers_SD26]

Ok, first, a big thanks to ZugyNA...

Originally Posted by ZugyNA

Besides the airtabs...try this?

www.oilcrusher.5u.com

ListerEngine forum:

"I had a horse trader cowboy from west Okla., call me one night? He was not a farmer, nor had time to press seeds. He had 3 Duramax Chevys pulling horses all over the USA. He said the $3.00 fuel was killing his profits. ?What can I do he pleaded?. Well off the top of my head ,, I told him to go to the store and buy a cheap gallon of cooking oil.. Take it home and mix it with 2 gallons of gas and add that mixture to his 40 gallon pu tank.. Well he called me several days later, wanting to pay me for my help. He said his pu went from 12mpg to 18mpg on his first tank."

50% gains are hard to come by?

I had a email with Daniel who has the website that ZugyNA put up, and Daniel also posted the information about what he offered as an idea to the guy from Oklahoma.

Some background, I read through Daniel's site, and it was really interesting, but nothing particularly ground breaking. Until he started to talk about how the plastics industry has caused the removal of some important chemicals from fuels, both diesel and gas, over some period of time.

Now, I've raced motorcycles for a long time. I have a racing fuel company that I've worked with for most of that time too. They are family owned, and they are the oldest racing fuel company on earth with their history dating back into the late 30's, as I remember. http://www.powermist.com

Anyway, Daniel's discussion of how fuels have changed led me back to a period when Power Mist had an additive that could be added to a street gas, specifically, their recommendation was Amoco (now owned and known as BP) premium unleaded. However, buy the early, mid 90's they did say that because of refining and EPA mandates for the recipies of regular and the new at the time oxygenated fuels, there was no longer a big distinction between any fuel refiner's premium unleaded fuel.

Daniel responded to my email very quickly, and he agreed that the 2 gallons of vegetable oil with one gallon of unleaded gasoline added to a 40 gallon tank would be good even for winter time use.

I had a rear end seal replaced in the E350, and I needed fuel. So, I'm in. I mixed up two gallons of new vegetable oil with one gallon of regular unleaded gasoline, and I topped off my tank this AM.

Certainly, the winter cold here will affect my results with some issues of warm up times, my lack of use of the ol' bus even during the colder months. Doesn't get used unless I'm going to go ride on the ice or if I have to transport a whole motorcycle.

I drove around doing some things with the mix. I feel that the engine ran very smoothly, and, seat of the pants, I am very, very interested in my long term mileage results.