Is Hypermiling/Veg Oil/Water For Fuel A Scam?

Question

I've been trying to save money on my gas cost lately with the rising fuel prices and have decided to look online for some answers.

Recently I started reading about hypermiling from this site called: http://www.water4fuel.info and they talk about using brown gas or something like that.

My question is this...Has anyone tried any of the above, and if so...Does it work, and which would you recommend?

Answer 1

Water as fuel is a hoax.

Vegetable oil as fuel is real. It is closely related to biodiesel.

I never heard of hypermiling before, and looking at that web site it just looks like all the old common sense tips for efficient driving.

Answer 2

Is it true or just a scam? You cannot run your car on water alone of course!

A cheap and simple installation produces Brown's Gas, also called HHO, which is mixed with the fuel (petrol, gasoline, LPG or diesel) your car is built for.

Some say it is a hoax because they claim the energy you have to put in to produce the gas is more than what comes out when you burn it.

But they do not realize that the mixture is more fuel efficient because the hydrogen gas explodes first and heats up the combustion chamber before the fuel does. This results in an increase in gas mileage of 10 - 50 %

The price of the conversion is quickly recovered, especially when you drive a truck or SUV. Just make sure you follow all the safety instructions and if you are not a mechanic, get some professional help!

You can read more in the review below ...

Answer 3

Water as fuel is a scam.  Hypermiling can increase your fuel mileage but can also compromise safety.  It can also cause failure of some very expensive parts of your car,  particularly your transmission.  Vegetable oil can be used as fuel in diesel engines but you would be much better off to convert the veggie oil into biodiesel.  Biodiesel can be used anyplace that you can burn #2 fuel oil.  Research is being done into various sources of feedstock for biodiesel including hemp,  wood chips,  certain nuts as well as the better known vegetable oils.

Answer 4

The water stuff is a scam.  

Veggie oil (must be a diesel engine) is something you can do in your garage and is pretty cheap.  You just need to make a few minor changes to your fuel system to keep the fuel from gelling and add some extra filters.  You can usually get oil for free (restaurants pay companies to take their old oil).

Hypermiling is possible but is something that is dangerous for both you and the cars around you.  It basically comes from extreme tailgating of semis, speeding up and then coasting, and other things that will p**s off everybody around you on the road.

Answer 5

Theres a bunch of news story videos from reputable news stations like CNN on the site http://driveonwaterfuel.com/ . I didn't really believe until I saw those videos

Answer 6

Hypermilling does work but is dangerous.  You can use some of the same principles however by controlling your speed, coasting as much as possible, anticipating stops, and controlling your acceleration.  Remember, whenever your foot is on the gas or the brake, you're using gas.

Answer 7

I found a website at http://waterfuelconversion.googlepages.c... that gives four different reviews on this water fuel conversion kit. They even have a video that shows you how to do this step by step. I did not buy my kit yet because I am doing my own research to see if it is feasible or not. The video at http://waterfuelconversion.googlepages.c... is very impressive and with these high gas prices, I am tempted to try almost anything right now.

In my research, I found something about hypermiling. Someone says it is like drafting and possible dangerous, but there are some things that I like about it when it comes to saving gas; one of which is driving slower and not accelerating as much. The hypermiling website blog was at http://hypermilling.wordpress.com. I hope that helps.

Answer 8

i did try water4fuel.info

i did not try hypermiling

i did not try oil

my next step will be to buy a Toyota Pirus.

the water4fuel.info did work some but my car is a 98 oldsmobile anyway, so i am in need of a newer car, since i have 144,000 miles already and i do use it for my sales job.

good luck on your quest.