Ethos Fuel Additive

[brad barton]

I'll second the motion that Ethos is not worth it. I believe I already posted my Ethos results here a few months back, but I saw a minor increase in mileage in my 08 Accordbut nowhere near the cost of the additive.Homemade bio diesel makes more sense imho.

BradBarton00LXiDFW bbartonwx@...

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To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com
From: debra@...
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:51:14 +0000
Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Ethos Fuel Additive

To tell you the truth, I don't even remember the magazine for sure.
It could have been a car magazine. I read it in my doctor's office
about 6 months ago +/- 2. His magazines are usually pretty current so
Feb. to July 08, maybe.

I looked on the Popular Mechanics website and couldn't find a
familiar article.

Regards,
GPSGary
84FC35

--- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com", "Joyce and Richard Hayden"
.> wrote:
>
> Gary,
> Would you remember which issue that article was in?
>
> Thanx
> Dick Hayden - '87 PT 38 - Lake Stevens, WA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: hippieforever3<mailto:debra@...>
> To:
"WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com" om>
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 12:19 PM
> Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Ethos Fuel Additive
>
>
> According to independent test labs,"There is NO fuel additive
that
> produces statistically valid improvement in fuel economy on a
clean,
> well maintained engine".
>
> The study (I think it was Popular Mechanics a few months back)
did
> conclude that you got some improvements with additives that
cleaned
> the carborator or injectors and plugs if the engine was dirty but
the
> benefit leveled off after a few tankfuls.
>
> The only fuel economy improvements they consistently saw was:
> Clean air filter - either cleaned or new - best $ benefit
> Lower friction fluids - oil, transmission - inexpensive
synthetics
> produced the highest cost/benefit ration, as high as 7-10%
> Some of the exotic spark plugs produced 1-3% improvements on SOME
> (but not all) vehicles.
>
> Regards,
> GPSGary
> 84FC35
>
> --- In "WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com"Forum%
40yahoogroups.com>, "freewill2008"
> > wrote:
> >
> > Someone here was wondering about Ethos a few
> > weeks ago, so I volunteered to do a test in
> > my commuter car. Ethos is an additive that
> > promises a unique approach to improving fuel
> > consumption.
> >
> > The test car is a 1987 Volvo 740 with 2.3L NA
> > gas engine, 160K miles. It has run the same
> > 35 highway mile round trip commute for 10 years,
> > making it a good test candidate. This is cruise
> > control driving with 2 blocks of city driving.
> > Even the fuel-up is constant; same pump every
> > time. Fuel consumption has been constant at
> > just under 26MPG except during the occasional
> > Western Washington snowfall.
> >
> > Because this was a test of Ethos, nothing else
> > was changed on the car before or during the
> > test except engine oil.
> >
> > Ethos recommends adding their product to both
> > oil and fuel. To start the test the recommended
> > amount of Ethos was added to the crankcase along
> > with fresh oil. They also recommend doubling
> > the amount of Ethos in the fuel for the first
> > couple tanks, which was done.
> >
> > The test continued for 5 tanks of fuel, which
> > finished a $28 bottle of Ethos. Fuel consumption
> > ranged from a low of 24.9MPG to a high of 25.5MPG.
> > I could not achieve any improvement in fuel
> > consumption, so Ethos actually resulted in a net
> > increase to driving costs.
> >
> > So much for that.
> >
> > Bob Griesel, WA
> > '84 FC31 WLII
> > '87 Volvo 740
> > '95 Ford E250 Class 'B'
> > '98 Ford F150 SWB
> > '04 Honda CRV EX AWD
> >
>

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