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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 08:09 PM
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i have just purchase the sun-auto inazma HG for saving fuel.
http://www.sun-auto.co.jp/english/en...inazma_hg.html

it requires to be clamped onto the fuel line but i can't seem to find it in the engine bay. is there a fuel main line or is it divided into 6 lines for the 6 cyclinder fuel injection?
some help please..
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 08:20 PM
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i think you'd be getting better gas mileage by saving yourself the weight of that device, using a magnet to improve fuel wont work.
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 08:27 PM
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ease on the throttle will save u more gas, hit the cruise control will also increase gas. a clamp saving gas? let us know if u see significant improvements in gas milage. you can access the fuel line near the right side rear passenger door. look under the chassie you will see fuel lines running near the frame, might have to jack up the car
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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 08:34 PM
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take out your spare tire (in the trunk and on your waist) , take out the jack and everything else you dont need, shave your head bald cuz thats a couple hundred grams right there, only make 1/5 throttle starts off the lights, if your going downhill no need to keep up with traffic just roll down and screw everyone behind you... actually theres alot you can do to save gas... buying a 09 corolla usually works better thou


*this was from the carchat board, sorry i dont remeber who posted it*
1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning or at night when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground; and the colder the ground, the denser the gasoline. When it gets warmer gasoline expands, so if you're filling up in the
afternoon or in the evening, what should be a gallon is not exactly a gallon. In the petroleum business , the specific gravity and temperature of the fuel (gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products) are significant. Every truckload that we load is temperature-compensated so that the indicated gallonage is actually the amount pumped. A one-degree rise in temperature is a big deal for businesses, but service stations don't have temperature compensation at
their pumps.

2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be
transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.

3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof ' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the
atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation.)

4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping. Hoses at the pump are corrugated; the corrugations act as a return path for vapor recovery from gas that already has been metered. If you are pumping at the high setting, the agitated gasoline contains
more vapor, which is being sucked back into the underground tank, so you're getting less gas for your money. Hope this will help ease your 'pain' at the pump.

5. Do not top off your gas tank, when the pump shuts off, do not keep trying to add more gas..................a friend who owns a gas station says that by doing th is, you are actually giving the next customer a $1.00 worth of gas. The gas you pump stays in the hose and never makes it to your tank...........good to know.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 06:51 AM
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those things don't work. i wish you had posted up your plan before purchasing. the engine will use as much fuel as it needs based on the amount of air going in. no matter the order of the molecules in the fuel, they still get used up the same way. the only way to increase mileage is keep air pressure high, use narrow hard tires, keep out of the throttle, drive like a grandma, brake like a grandma, keep the car as light as possible, go as slow as you can handle, always try to keep rolling. every time you hit hte brakes, you use extra fuel to get up to speed again.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 07:54 AM
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Originally Posted by llamaboiz
1. Fill up your car or truck in the morning or at night when the temperature is still cool. Remember that all service stations have their storage tanks buried below ground;
Unlike air temperature, ground temperature varies little during a 24 hour period. Any difference is likely to be negligible.

2. If a tanker truck is filling the station's tank at the time you want to buy gas, do not fill up; most likely dirt and sludge in the tank is being stirred up when gas is being delivered, and you might be
transferring that dirt from the bottom of their tank into your car's tank.
I usually adhere to this one (better safe than sorry), but gas pumps are equipped with fuel filters to prevent this from happening.

3. Fill up when your gas tank is half-full (or half-empty), because the more gas you have in your tank the less air there is and gasoline evaporates rapidly, especially when it's warm. (Gasoline storage tanks have an internal floating 'roof ' membrane to act as a barrier between the gas and the
atmosphere, thereby minimizing evaporation.)
The fuel system in your car is equipped with an evaporative emissions system. (That's why the "check VSC" and "check engine" lights come on when the gas cap is loose.) Gasoline that evaporates is trapped by a charcoal cannister, to be pulled in and burned later.

4. If you look at the trigger you'll see that it has three delivery settings: slow, medium and high. When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to the high setting. You should be pumping at the slow setting, thereby minimizing vapors created while you are pumping.
At the slow speed, it takes longer to pump, so the vapors have more time to migrate into the station's vapor recovery system. If there is a difference, it's negligible.

5. Do not top off your gas tank, when the pump shuts off, do not keep trying to add more gas..................a friend who owns a gas station says that by doing th is, you are actually giving the next customer a $1.00 worth of gas. The gas you pump stays in the hose and never makes it to your tank...........good to know.
The hose is always filled with gas, since the dispensing valve is in the nozzle. (Unless he means the vapor recovery part of the hose, though that gas goes back to the station, not to the next customer) I agree that topping off the tank is a bad idea.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 10:14 AM
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Gas tanks underground are double insulated, so getting fuel at night or the early morning will make no difference.
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 01:46 PM
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I think an episode from Myth Busters (on Discovery Channel) did something close to this...and guess what...IT DIDN'T WORK....SHOCKER!
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Old Jun 26, 2008 | 10:09 PM
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Scammed!!!
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