Is It Possible To Boost Your Gas Mileage By Using Fuel Additives?
You'll find oil and gas additives advertised in a lot of places, and for sale in many stores. If you have never seen them, you will realize they all point out that they will give your car better gas mileage when you add them to your tank. Some of the products claim they are FDA sanctioned, but this is denied by the FDA.
If the FDA hasn't authorized any of these products, why are they allowed to be for sale on the shelves, and say that they have been approved. What exactly are consumers expected to do, and who are they to believe? When there is no authority that is honest and truthful, then customers are at the mercy of the product makers' ingenuity. Put the additive in the tank along with the gasoline when you next fill up, and, so the instructions say, your car's gas mileage will go up. Certainly, the volume of gas required to fill the tank will be reduced (by the volume of the additive), but it is doubtful that the gas mileage will improve.
Some of the ingredients in the additive are generally tin, magnesium, and platinum, which supposedly help clean the deposits on the bottom of the tank. Since there are usually plastic parts in a car's fuel system that can be dissolved by acetone, be sure to avoid any product that contains it. While it may be accurate that minor amounts of acetone won't cause damage, it is hard to know when the amount involved is minor enough. Why try something which might cause damage when you don't know without a doubt that it is going to work, anyway. You would certainly hate to damage your fuel system by implementing a product that never worked. The additives are mostly safe for your car, but there is no real need for them anyway.
The promotion strategy is to get the customer to buy the product believing that it will make the car run more efficiently. Many customers really are seduced by the advertising claims, and frequently put an additive in along with their fuel. Regardless of whether the product actually works like the advertisers claim is difficult to check, but as long as people keep buying they have a profitable business. One reason these types of additives are not necessary might be the fact that the gas already has ingredients which will do the same thing. Although fuel additives typically are not that expensive, if they're not doing what they say, then they are a waste of money. If ordinary gas already contains the correct ingredients, why be fooled into buying something that adds nothing new?
The additives that are also there for the oil, are only adding in what the oil already has. The most essential thing in relation to oil, is always using what the automobile manufactuer recommends. If you use the incorrect grade of motor oil, it might ruin your engine.