Ford Man

[Ford Man]

My cars are a 1988 Ford Escort 1.9L TBI 4 speed manual transmission with 474,000+ miles on the original non rebuilt engine this is my experimental car. This is my everyday car which averages getting 50-100 miles per day. I have just recently started a mileage log on it since adding a PCV enhancer and started using 3 oz. acetone per 10 gallons gas and 3 oz. water per 10 gallons mixed with the acetone. At first I was a bit skeptical about adding water to the gas tank, but if you mix it with the acetone before adding it to the tank the water mixes very well with acetone which mixes good with the gas. I have been doing this for over a 1000 miles now and have had no problems with the way the car runs, no sputtering, or loss of power. When I first tried it I thought if the car ran like crap on that tank of gas I would just run it down nearly empty on that tank and refill with gas with acetone only added to it. Over the last 1156.7 miles with this mixture and the PVC enhancer it has averaged 44.951 MPG. After I have run this set up for about 1500 miles I am going to try the PCV enhancer without the acetone/water mixture. Then I am going to try different amounts of acetone/water mixtures. If anyone is interested in making their own PCV enhancer it is very simple, just take a jar any size (your choice) and drill two 3/8" holes in the lid, buy a piece of all thread pipe (pipe used in making lamps is what I use available at Home Depot electrical department) cut two pieces about 1 1/2" long and place them through the holes in the lid and place lamp nuts with lock washers on top and bottom of lid to hold the pieces of pipe in place, seal any air leaks with silicone and fill the jar about half full of steel wool to give the liquid something to be absorbed in then just buy some heater hose or fuel line whatever size you need and run one hose from the PCV valve to one fitting on the jar and from the other fitting on the jar run a hose to the intake or where ever the other end of the original PCV hose ran to. It is surprising how much blow by liquid will accumulate in the jar. I use about a 12oz. jar and it looks like I will need to empty the liquid emissions about every 2,000 to 3,000 miles, but I may get more blow by than most because of the miles and wear on the engine. I am also going to soon place a couple of layers of stainless steel screen between the TB and the intake and check the mileage like that for about 1500 miles to see if it improves or not. I am also going to to experiment with different amounts of acetone/water mixture to see if that effects fuel economy. I am also going to put Xado to the test and hopefully soon make and install a hydrogen on demand system. Each experiment I am going to run for about 1500 miles so I can get a fairly accurate average on driving habits, weather conditions, and combined city/highway driving. Prior to starting the mileage log I checked mileage about every tank and got 37-41 MPG without the enhancer and acetone/water mix so something has helped I'm not sure whether it's the PCV enhancer or the acetone/water mix or a combination of both. I also have a 1996 Ford Contour 2.0L Z-Tech MPI 5 speed manual transmission, a 1997 Ford Escort Station Wagon 2.0L MPI 5 speed manual transmission with 22,000+ miles on it which I have also placed a PCV enhancer on, but haven't drove it enough to find out whether it has helped mileage or not. Next month I am going on a trip in it that will be about 1050 miles of highway driving round trip. It usually gets about 40-42 MPG highway with the cruise set at 55 MPH so this trip will give me the chance to find out if the PCV enhancer helps it or not. Then there is the 2002 Ford Escort 2.0L MPI automatic transmission with 84000+ miles that my son drives most of the time which usually gets 29-33 MPG combined city/highway, and last but by no means least is my 1982 Yamaha XJ1100J with 1.1L 5 speed manual transmission with 9,000+ actual miles on it. Believe it or not the 1988 Escort beats the pants off of it when it comes to MPG because it only gets about 37-39 MPG combined city/highway. Hope this tells everyone a little bit about me and what I am going to be doing for the next several months as far as testing different items and products. Looking forward to learning lots of other interesting experiments on gassavers.org and increasing mileage. I'm shooting for 100 MPG on the 1988 Escort and many more years of service from it. My goal may seem unrealistic, but if I set my goal high I will keep experimenting with different things trying to meet the goal. For anyone that is interested I tried the Fuel Saver 2000 on this car several years ago it did NOT work for me. I was able to install it myself so all the expense I encountered for trying it was the cost of a few hose clamps and a few feet of vacuum hose. My mileage decreased. At the time Wyoming Instruments offered a money back guarantee which I see they no longer offer which leads me to believe that they were getting lots of them back like they did mine. Just wanted to let everyone know so they can try it at their own risk. If anyone has any interesting ideas or know of something that increases their MPG I would be glad to hear from you. Just email at rickycook1@basicisp.net

Edited 6/6/08: Someone on this web site told me it was better to use copper BB's or copper wool in the PVC enhancer because the copper will act as a catalyst