using mineral oil in the car improves mpg??
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any truth to this
Mar 30, 2007
6 Replies
If you wish it to be so and drive smoothly enough to make it so, then yes.
John
:-)
I used to work with someone who had a readily available supply of mineral insulating oil, and their diesel ran fine on it...
"Colin Wilson" wrote in message news: snipped-for-privacy@news.individual.net...
No-one claimed it wouldnt run on it :)
thin oil usually will show a mpg improvement, look at fords e oil, it even says so on the can.
Also note that the above site is by an official redneck from a trailer park with a pick up truck, so the improvement might even be caused by ufo's.
mrcheerful
Agreed. But adding about 3% to the crankcase oil for a 30% improvement in fuel economy? Without very creative driving, I think not.
As I understand it, even the industry standard ACEA B4 for improved economy engine oils only claims something in the order of 1.3% improvement.
He's added some to the fuel as well, but no upper cylinder lubricant that I'm aware of makes a measurable improvement to economy.
John
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