Magnetic fuel treatment

[DaveS]

On an earlier thread on diesel bug, BrendanChandler mentioned fitting a Volvo magnet based sustem which is supposed to either cure or prevent bugs. I posted as below, but all quickly got lost in the fog of yet another Soltron war, so I thought I would try again:

"Over the years I've seen a number of variations on this theme for cars / boats / central heating with varying claims from removing bugs to "boosting" efficiency, reducing maintenance, saving the planet, etc., etc. Given that a number of contributors have a professional background in the fuel industry, does anyone here have any concrete evidence that magnets are any more effective for fuel treatment than for sorting rheumatism? Or is it all a load of snake oil?"

Anybody actually know?

 

[Aja]

All I can remember was that Volvo advertised them heavily at the time. Never seen an advertisement since. That was possibly ten years ago.

Surely if they were such fab bits of kit they would be advertised in the yachty press every month.

Mind you it was Volvo prices.....

Donald

 

[BrendanS]

Snakeoil.

The only effects seen in lab experiments on magnetic fields on bugs that would have any use in a fuel system, have been when extremely intense fields were generated over extended periods. Using magnets or coils around the fuel pipes would not attain the field levels required, especially as the fuel and bugs will be moving past the magnets and exposed for a very brief period

 

[pvb]

Total waste of money...

Just preying on the gullible.

 

[bobnewbury]

There is no known mechanism by which magnetic fields of that strength can have any effect on living organisms, even if they were exposed for extended periods, which they are not. The explanations offered by manufacturers/sellers (on the rare occasions that they are) are garbled cod pseudo science.

I agree - snake oil.

 

[bobnewbury]

Oh - I forgot to mention..

Equally useless and cynically manipulative are the magnetic bracelets etc sold as cures for everything from rheumatism to impotence.

That should stir things up a bit.

 

[longjohnsilver]

Pure snake oil

 

[Nuvalec]

Strangely, koi carp ponds were hit with this about the same time, claimed to cure algal growth, kill bad bacteria and promote fish growth, all important given their price. It got completely debunked if I remember by a study at BES (biological earth sciences) department at LJMU some time ago, only working with seriously intense magnetic fields and then only in a limited manner. Seems the experience we had with ponds is - "if it sounds too good to be true..."

Tony.

 

[pvb]

There's a pattern emerging here...

 

[spannerman]

If these fuel treatments/enhancers were as good as they are cracked up to be then the more discerning manufaturers of both cars and boats would fit them as original equipment

 

[alienzdive]

dont you think any hippy like bugs could have truly related to all the energies of magnetism??