{"id":79,"date":"2019-07-29T05:00:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.accurateautoadvice.com\/accurate-auto-advice\/scam-alert-adding-hydrogen-to-your-gas-wont-save-you-money\/"},"modified":"2019-07-30T10:22:11","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T16:22:11","slug":"scam-alert-adding-hydrogen-to-your-gas-wont-save-you-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accurateautoadvice.com\/the-blog\/scam-alert-adding-hydrogen-to-your-gas-wont-save-you-money\/","title":{"rendered":"Adding Hydrogen To Your Fuel MIGHT Save You Money – And It Might Be A Scam"},"content":{"rendered":"

I found the following text on a website selling a fuel hydrogenation device. I won’t like to the site, because the device they’re promoting is almost certainly a scam:<\/p>\n

“Increase your gas mileage 20-90% by adding a supplemental hydrogen generator to your car! A supplemental hydrogen generator works simply enough – you put distilled water in a special canister in your car, and electricity from your car’s battery is used to separate that water into hydrogen and oxygen. The hydrogen is added to your car’s fuel because hydrogen burns very well (hydrogen is a very combustible gas), and it reduces the amount of gas you use! The oxygen is added to the air your car breathes in. Oxygen is needed for combustion, and more of it makes your car more efficient. One gallon of water is enough to provide oxygen and hydrogen for hundreds of miles!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While there is some science to support adding hydrogen to fuel to improve combustion, the people selling these devices\u00a0are usually full of…beans. Here’s more information about hydrogenated fuels, how they can work, and some advice about spotting a scam.<\/p>\n

Adding Hydrogen To Fuel Can<\/em> Boost\u00a0Fuel Economy<\/h2>\n

When fuel and air are mixed together in the cylinder of your engine, you get combustion. Combustion – which is a fancy word for “controlled explosion” – generates force to move a piston, as well as heat. Of course, different types of fuel combust differently, and this means that altering the chemical composition of fuel can have a pretty big impact on the combustion process.<\/p>\n

If we’re talking about a diesel combustion process that uses diesel fuel, than there’s quite a bit of evidence that adding hydrogen to this fuel can improve diesel fuel economy:<\/p>\n