Magnets??

[DatDoug]

As I was working on my 76 620 Truck I noticed some square magnets about 1" x 1" on either side of the metal gas lines running to and from the carb. Anyone no what these are for?:blink:

[DanielC]

How long have you had the truck? Somebody probably spent a lot of money on .....MIRACLE FUEL SAVING MAGNETS!!!! AS SEEN ON TV!!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT IN POPULAR PSUDO SCIENCE!!!!

Look for the miracle tornado air flow turbulator somewhere in the air cleaner.

[Rusty]

he wasnt joking...

 

ASK A SCIENTIST!

[Phlebmaster]

Oh yeah!! I've heard of those.....they trap the rust in your lines so it cloggs them up and when you take the magnet off the rust cloggs your filter then lets see......I know they don't work, they are crap!! :rolleyes:

 

I know someone who sells those at $250.00 a pop....what a waste!!:eek:

[fiveNdime]

yep what a waist. like I always say, "if you build it someone will buy it".

[DatDoug]

I was talking with DatsunFish tonite and we assessed that they were there to atomize your fuel. I've heard of people doing this to the water lines at there homes too.:blink:

[datzenmike]

I have a 'turbonator' and save 30% fuel. I also have these multiple electrode sparkplugs and save another 30% of my fuel. I have and air filter that saves 25% and an inline fuel filter with magnets that energize my gas for another 15% savings. I used to have device for making hydrogen gas for the carb, but I got tired of stopping every few hundred miles to empty the overflowing gas tank!!!

[hang_510]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[e_racer1999]

I have a 'turbonator' and save 30% fuel. I also have these multiple electrode sparkplugs and save another 30% of my fuel. I have and air filter that saves 25% and an inline fuel filter with magnets that energize my gas for another 15% savings. I used to have device for making hydrogen gas for the carb, but I got tired of stopping every few hundred miles to empty the overflowing gas tank!!!

LOL

[datsunfish]

Dont be hatin on Dougos 99 mpg emissions free 620.The lack of a muffler gives it another 15%.:cool:

[kiznook]

Don't forget the deer whistles

 

didn't there used to be a clamp you could put on your fuel line too, to limit fuel consumption? kinda like a clothes pin?

[hang_510]

clothes pins :lol: pinch it :lol:

 

the wooden ones were used to help with vapor lock.

no clue on the theory, but my friends dad had 2 of them on his old chevy truck :blink:

[datsunaholic]

Is that why they were there? I've pulled old grungy clothespins off teh fuel lines of several of my Datsuns when I found them.

[ggzilla]

magnets ... on either side of the metal gas lines ... Anyone no what these are for?

What? Were you born yesterday? It is the biggest fad of 1975. The best magnets for this purpose are "cow magnets". It was proven to make money for magnet sellers.

[datzenmike]

The steel lines would shield the gas inside from the magnetic field anyway. Now if you taped the magnets to the rubber lines it might really work.:mellow:

[datsunaholic]

The steel lines would shield the gas inside from the magnetic field anyway. Now if you taped the magnets to the rubber lines it might really work.:mellow:

 

Not true... stick a magnet to a steel fuel line, and you'll magnetize the entire line. The lines aren't thick enough to "shield" anything more than the weakest magnets, which wouldn't stick to the line anyway. And the steel lines aren't really "shielding" as much as absorbing. Ever stuck a magnet in a bucket of nails? You end up picking up a big glob of nails. It doesn't form one layer of nails- each nail will become magnetized, though less as more nails are added.

 

In any case, all that sticking magnets on fuel lines does is trap rust particles to that particular line. Even if gasoline molecules were affected by magnetism (and they are, but not in any beneficial way) the "benefits" would disappear once the fuel was past the magnet (in the float chamber in this case). Heck, if a magnet worked so well, why hasn't any one of these quacks selling them "invented" a system that uses a much stronger electromagnet? All you have to do is wrap a short section of the steel line with small gauge winding wire and provide it with low-current DC (if you've ever made an electromagnet with a nail and a AA battery, principle is the same). Ooh! I should patent that idea. Could be the next fad, I could make millions! Just don't hook it up backwards- that could "arrange" the gasoline molecules the wrong way!

[datzenmike]

No way Doug, metal shields us from magnetic radiation. :blink:

 

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[djmoreron]

when i first read this thread i thought it was about the spare key magnetic holder

 

 

 

 

i was born in 83, so this is a scam way before my time. this guy used a computer magnet to get better mileage, so at least he didnt buy one

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg3OKJYdSQ8

[datsunaholic]

No way Doug, metal shields us from magnetic radiation.

 

Hardly.

 

 

[datzenmike]

Hey, I was j/k

 

:D:D:D LOL seen' is believin', guess I can take that tin foil hat off while posting now:lol:

[hang_510]

no keep the hat on! aluminum is not magnetic. add some antennae though :lol:

and take pix :D