I've tried a lot of fuel additives to improve my miles per gallon. They usually don't do much, and the one time a fuel system cleaner made a huge difference for me in 1998, the results were kind of terrifying. Maybe that's why they're subtle and gentle? They're avoiding lawsuits?
Scotty Kilmer did a big push on Gumout with PEA years ago and as soon as the ad campaign started I couldn't find one Gumout product that was on the shelf which was available with PEA. Either he sold it out, or Gumout made an advertisement push, then dropped the only chemical proven by scientific journals to actually clean up engines. At least according to Engineering Explained, PEA or polyetheramine is the only chemical which has peer reviewed journals proving that PEA can do for an engine. I think most of us know and can agree that Engineering Explained is a reliable part of this community and a solid source of information.
Well, Gumout in the last few years has had PEA back and when an AutoZoner pointed out what was on sale, I figured why not. I'll make a YouTube video and it's good to run a cleaner as a part of maintenance every once and a while.
And thus this video was born. I really didn't get a MPG boost during the test but you could say that since TCW3 gives me approximately 2 more miles per gallon, not losing 2 miles per gallon by skipping it may have meant that Gumout's Regane actually worked.
My truck's miles per gallon is steadier than you can expect. It's amazingly consistent. My larger tires cost me a couple MPG's, but really, with every turn I'm going farther so my engine is just going less miles per the actual distance. I truly suspect that my gas mileage has remained unchanged. When I first got the truck I did a few modifications, which helped it's gas mileage and it's been the same ever since. I'm happy to say that this winter didn't knock my miles per gallon down 2 points like it normally does so I do suppose I do have some deviation.
Note: Scotty Kilmer did his test on the Gumout Complete Fuel System Cleaner. It must have been a product that Gumout immediately ran out of or changed their labeling to stay fresh on the shelf. I've noticed they switch up what they lookout and their products contents sometimes twice in 6 months. The Regane has been more consistent so this review may have a bit more longevity against what's currently available on the shelf.
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Showing posts with label truck miles per gallon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truck miles per gallon. Show all posts
Thursday, August 22, 2019
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Gumout Works? It didn't seem to work before.
My last video about Gumout Regane with PEA made it look like it had no effect, but there are a lot of variables which weren't considered. Still, if you want to know the history behind this article better watch this:
I think Gumout's Regane Complete Fuel System Cleaner did restore gas mileage which I used to enjoy years ago. Disagree? Be sure to let me know in the comments below. I love to here your comments. A lot of what I was thinking about shooting but I apparently hadn't for the last video came out of you guys as well. Seems like we've got a lot of similar thinking, which suggests to me that we're all wrong about the results or we're all right about understanding the results together.
I wouldn't use Gumout Regane with PEA or polyetheramine on a brand new car. While peer reviewed journals have proven that PEA does clean engines, also evident in those engine tear downs and measuring of where carbon was that PEA DIRTIES perfectly clean engines. It'll help maintain and clean an engine with a little bit of gunk in it, but if the engine is perfectly clean it'll dirty it a little to start! I know it sounds bizarre, but it's true.
So this is part 2 of "Does Gumout Regane with PEA improve MPG's". Part 1's link is above. I think that it did help with the gas mileage. The miles per gallon was maintained despite letting go of the use of TCW-3. If I run nothing, my Nissan Frontier automatically goes down to 14 miles per gallon, but I've maintained 16 miles per gallon with first Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant for a couple years. This was back before I ran the TCW-3 for the last 2 years to maintain the 16 miles per gallon.
I know in the last couple of tanks of gas, I "contaminated" the results a bit with lining up my front left tire a little, but it wasn't until then that my gas mileage starting going more above 17 miles per gallon.
Again, with just normal low octane gas, I get 14 miles per gallon. I had thought that I had not gained any gas mileage with the Regane, but I maintained 2 more miles per gallon with the Regane, so therefore it can maintain an improvement. In addition to that, the truck's miles per gallon did go up after the first tank.
See the associated video with this article:
Safety message:
Due to factors beyond the control of DE Nichols/AutoBravado, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not DE Nichols/AutoBravado.
I think Gumout's Regane Complete Fuel System Cleaner did restore gas mileage which I used to enjoy years ago. Disagree? Be sure to let me know in the comments below. I love to here your comments. A lot of what I was thinking about shooting but I apparently hadn't for the last video came out of you guys as well. Seems like we've got a lot of similar thinking, which suggests to me that we're all wrong about the results or we're all right about understanding the results together.
I wouldn't use Gumout Regane with PEA or polyetheramine on a brand new car. While peer reviewed journals have proven that PEA does clean engines, also evident in those engine tear downs and measuring of where carbon was that PEA DIRTIES perfectly clean engines. It'll help maintain and clean an engine with a little bit of gunk in it, but if the engine is perfectly clean it'll dirty it a little to start! I know it sounds bizarre, but it's true.
So this is part 2 of "Does Gumout Regane with PEA improve MPG's". Part 1's link is above. I think that it did help with the gas mileage. The miles per gallon was maintained despite letting go of the use of TCW-3. If I run nothing, my Nissan Frontier automatically goes down to 14 miles per gallon, but I've maintained 16 miles per gallon with first Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant for a couple years. This was back before I ran the TCW-3 for the last 2 years to maintain the 16 miles per gallon.
I know in the last couple of tanks of gas, I "contaminated" the results a bit with lining up my front left tire a little, but it wasn't until then that my gas mileage starting going more above 17 miles per gallon.
Again, with just normal low octane gas, I get 14 miles per gallon. I had thought that I had not gained any gas mileage with the Regane, but I maintained 2 more miles per gallon with the Regane, so therefore it can maintain an improvement. In addition to that, the truck's miles per gallon did go up after the first tank.
See the associated video with this article:
Safety message:
Due to factors beyond the control of DE Nichols/AutoBravado, no information contained in this video shall create any express or implied warranty or guarantee of any particular result. Any injury, damage or loss that may result from improper use of these tools, equipment, or the information contained in this video is the sole responsibility of the user and not DE Nichols/AutoBravado.
Saturday, February 16, 2019
What are the Long Term Effects of Gumout on your Miles Per Gallon?
Long term Gumout ongoing effects
What does Gumout do after the initial tank of gas?
My last video about Gumout Regane with PEA made it look like it had no effect, but there are a lot of variables which weren't considered. Still, if you want to know the history behind this article better watch this:
I think Gumout's Regane Complete Fuel System Cleaner did restore gas mileage which I used to enjoy years ago. Disagree? Be sure to let me know in the comments below. I love to here you guys's comments (and gals). A lot of what I was thinking about shooting but I apparently hadn't for the last video came out of you guys as well. Seems like we've got a lot of similar thinking, which suggests to me that we're all wrong about the results or we're all right about understanding the results together.
I wouldn't use Gumout Regane with PEA or polyetharmine on a brand new car. While peer reviewed journals have proven that PEA does clean engines, also evident in those engine teardowns and measuring of where was that PEA DIRTIES perfectly clean engines. It'll help maintain and clean an engine with a little bit of gunk in it, but if the engine is perfectly clean it'll dirty it a little to start! I know it sounds bizarre, but it's true.
So this is part 2 of "Does Gumout Regane with PEA improve MPG's". Part 1's link is above. I think that it did help with the gas mileage. The miles per gallon were maintained despite letting go of the use of TCW-3. If I run nothing, I automatically go down to 14 miles per gallon, but I've maintained 16 miles per gallon with first Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant for a couple years. This was back before I ran the TCW-3 for the last 2 years to maintain the 16 miles per gallon.
I know in the last couple of tanks of gas, I "contaminated" the results a bit with lining up my front left tire a litte, but it wasn't until then that my gas mileage starting going more above 17 miles per gallon.
Again, with just normal low octane gas, I get 14 miles per gallon. I had thought that I had not gained any gas mileage with the Regane, but I maintained 2 more miles per gallon with the Regane, so therefore it can maintain an improvement. In addition to that, the mpg's did go up after the first tank.
What does Gumout do after the initial tank of gas?
My last video about Gumout Regane with PEA made it look like it had no effect, but there are a lot of variables which weren't considered. Still, if you want to know the history behind this article better watch this:
I think Gumout's Regane Complete Fuel System Cleaner did restore gas mileage which I used to enjoy years ago. Disagree? Be sure to let me know in the comments below. I love to here you guys's comments (and gals). A lot of what I was thinking about shooting but I apparently hadn't for the last video came out of you guys as well. Seems like we've got a lot of similar thinking, which suggests to me that we're all wrong about the results or we're all right about understanding the results together.
I wouldn't use Gumout Regane with PEA or polyetharmine on a brand new car. While peer reviewed journals have proven that PEA does clean engines, also evident in those engine teardowns and measuring of where was that PEA DIRTIES perfectly clean engines. It'll help maintain and clean an engine with a little bit of gunk in it, but if the engine is perfectly clean it'll dirty it a little to start! I know it sounds bizarre, but it's true.
So this is part 2 of "Does Gumout Regane with PEA improve MPG's". Part 1's link is above. I think that it did help with the gas mileage. The miles per gallon were maintained despite letting go of the use of TCW-3. If I run nothing, I automatically go down to 14 miles per gallon, but I've maintained 16 miles per gallon with first Lucas Upper Cylinder Lubricant for a couple years. This was back before I ran the TCW-3 for the last 2 years to maintain the 16 miles per gallon.
I know in the last couple of tanks of gas, I "contaminated" the results a bit with lining up my front left tire a litte, but it wasn't until then that my gas mileage starting going more above 17 miles per gallon.
Again, with just normal low octane gas, I get 14 miles per gallon. I had thought that I had not gained any gas mileage with the Regane, but I maintained 2 more miles per gallon with the Regane, so therefore it can maintain an improvement. In addition to that, the mpg's did go up after the first tank.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Truck Miles Per Gallon, Cruise Control, and what I've learned lately...
...what have I learned lately?
Well, this is a blog, so if I ever wanted a medium to brain storm this must be it. It's just that continuing to follow my advice in my last article about the truck's miles per gallon has continued to improve my fuel mileage, or has it? You see, it might just be that it's been less windy, so there has been less resistance against moving forward, or it's been warmer, so my engine hasn't needed to warm up as much. It's tough to say.
One definite change that I've made is that I do much more of my accelerating through the gas pedal since my cruise control's acceleration is pretty aggressive. I'd wrongly assumed long ago that that might just be a good rate of acceleration for the truck. I use cruise control constantly just like I used to because a steady rate of speed is great for your fuel mileage most of the time. I'd like to say all the time, but it's just not true. When the hill gradient gets tough, I try to judge when to take it out of cruise control to keep it from jumping into a lower gear, which uses more fuel. You see, if I gently add a little extra gas early to the hill, and put a gentle extra push of gas as I go up the hill I can keep the truck's cruise control from going out of overdrive for a more powerful means of maintaining velocity. Going high on the RPM's is definitely a way to decrease the truck's miles per gallon. How high depends on the vehicle. Some RPM increases makes acceleration take less gas due to variable RPM/horse power ratios.
The other technique that I've been working on has been horribly misconstrued to the public. They say you should slow down slowly when approaching the light to save gas. This is somewhat true in a general sense, but when you know the logic behind it, it's missing some important detail which will effect your car or your truck's miles per gallon negatively for different speeds depending on design. The lower your RPM's when you are maintaining speed the better the truck miles per gallon, but when accelerating, which if the RPM's are kept too low you actually get worse miles per gallon while maintaining speed or accelerating. For my truck, my maximum speed that I'll stay in gear when slowing down is 30 MPH since that keeps the RPM's at little more than 1000. My car however can achieve that at 40 MPH, so I'll stay in gear longer when slowing down. At speeds higher than this whether I'm coasting or slowing down I go into neutral. There are two concepts behind this: (1) the wheels can help keep the engine running using less fuel through the transmission being engaged so long as the RPM's are low. (2) The next entire paragraph covers it.
When you slow down since just continuing at the same speed is generally better for your truck's miles per gallon. But here's some advice to minimize gas waste: I try to slow down ahead of time so that I'm still moving when the light goes green again. This is easier to do when there is light traffic or you don't mind people rushing around you, but it does save your fuel mileage, so what is your priority? I know that when the traffic is thick enough I don't employ this technique as well because I'm concerned with safety first.
by AutoBravado
Well, this is a blog, so if I ever wanted a medium to brain storm this must be it. It's just that continuing to follow my advice in my last article about the truck's miles per gallon has continued to improve my fuel mileage, or has it? You see, it might just be that it's been less windy, so there has been less resistance against moving forward, or it's been warmer, so my engine hasn't needed to warm up as much. It's tough to say.
One definite change that I've made is that I do much more of my accelerating through the gas pedal since my cruise control's acceleration is pretty aggressive. I'd wrongly assumed long ago that that might just be a good rate of acceleration for the truck. I use cruise control constantly just like I used to because a steady rate of speed is great for your fuel mileage most of the time. I'd like to say all the time, but it's just not true. When the hill gradient gets tough, I try to judge when to take it out of cruise control to keep it from jumping into a lower gear, which uses more fuel. You see, if I gently add a little extra gas early to the hill, and put a gentle extra push of gas as I go up the hill I can keep the truck's cruise control from going out of overdrive for a more powerful means of maintaining velocity. Going high on the RPM's is definitely a way to decrease the truck's miles per gallon. How high depends on the vehicle. Some RPM increases makes acceleration take less gas due to variable RPM/horse power ratios.
The other technique that I've been working on has been horribly misconstrued to the public. They say you should slow down slowly when approaching the light to save gas. This is somewhat true in a general sense, but when you know the logic behind it, it's missing some important detail which will effect your car or your truck's miles per gallon negatively for different speeds depending on design. The lower your RPM's when you are maintaining speed the better the truck miles per gallon, but when accelerating, which if the RPM's are kept too low you actually get worse miles per gallon while maintaining speed or accelerating. For my truck, my maximum speed that I'll stay in gear when slowing down is 30 MPH since that keeps the RPM's at little more than 1000. My car however can achieve that at 40 MPH, so I'll stay in gear longer when slowing down. At speeds higher than this whether I'm coasting or slowing down I go into neutral. There are two concepts behind this: (1) the wheels can help keep the engine running using less fuel through the transmission being engaged so long as the RPM's are low. (2) The next entire paragraph covers it.
When you slow down since just continuing at the same speed is generally better for your truck's miles per gallon. But here's some advice to minimize gas waste: I try to slow down ahead of time so that I'm still moving when the light goes green again. This is easier to do when there is light traffic or you don't mind people rushing around you, but it does save your fuel mileage, so what is your priority? I know that when the traffic is thick enough I don't employ this technique as well because I'm concerned with safety first.
by AutoBravado
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Truck Miles Per Gallon
I've found it more challenging to find out how to increase my truck's ability to get a good miles per gallon because I've never been a truck owner until this 2004 Nissan Frontier 4X4, which I've only owned for a few years. It may be more challenging to figure out how to improve its miles per gallon more because I'm learning how to drive it for good fuel mileage. I already know a lot of driving techniques for my cars, but my Nissan was harder to figure out.
You see, normally to get good fuel mileage on the freeway, you just drive slower than everyone else and make yourself a hazard. It is certainly what I learned from Consumer Reports. Don't knock that source of information, their entirely right that many large vehicles do much better at 55 and 65 mph then they do at 65 or 75. My Chevy Prizm for many years got better fuel mileage at 140 KPH - or kilometers per hour for any surprised for me to not talk about it in the usual American way(!) - then it did at the slower 55 and 65 mph that you'd expect. I think that speed was just right for the engine design or some such. I mean, I've learned that to maintain 55 or 65 mph, the only way to get good mileage in the Chevy Prizm is to take it out of overdrive which feels strange because it makes the engine so much louder. The point is, to get good truck miles per gallon reading, the slower I drive the better I'm off. Whether I say slower because of the acceleration or slower because of the speed it all helps. Now, I'm not saying to all of you drive your big vehicles in the city to get good mileage because the stops at all the lights will get you, but maybe when the freeway is going a steady 30 to 45 mph, that my truck gets as much as 3 miles per gallon better! Yeah, traffic jams on freeway have only given my truck better fuel mileage! Isn't that nuts?!? You'd think that all the slowing down and speeding up would cost more, but my Nissan truck just doesn't get good miles per gallon at the higher speeds. Now, I've tried cruising on the freeway at 55 or 65 where the traffic was light to save gas and so far it hasn't worked, but maybe that's because I only drive it a long way on the freeway when I have a lot in it, or a payload that only the Nissan Frontier can move.
Sorry to get off topic, but if any of you were wondering why I was referring to the kilometers per hour (KPH) instead of miles per hour (mph) it's because after I left Europe focusing on going 140 KPH was the only way I could keep myself from driving too fast. It's much harder to maintain a certain KPH than the equivalent MPH because there are so many more KPH numbers on a gauge in the same amount of the gauge movement than MPH. It was the only trick I could think of to stop myself from driving too fast after being allowed to drive faster out of America.
Now, I'm not saying to all of you drive your big vehicles in the city to get good mileage because the stops at all the lights will get you, but maybe when the freeway is going a steady 30 to 45 mph, that my truck gets as much as 3 miles per gallon better (16.6% improvement, which is a nearly magically impossible improvement)!
In conclusion:
Seriously, traffic jams on freeway have only given my truck better fuel mileage! That's totally nuts!! (A generally moving traffic jam, but it did have some light stops too.)
Get more on the Truck or Car Miles Per Gallon from AutoBravado's other website.
by AutoBravado
You see, normally to get good fuel mileage on the freeway, you just drive slower than everyone else and make yourself a hazard. It is certainly what I learned from Consumer Reports. Don't knock that source of information, their entirely right that many large vehicles do much better at 55 and 65 mph then they do at 65 or 75. My Chevy Prizm for many years got better fuel mileage at 140 KPH - or kilometers per hour for any surprised for me to not talk about it in the usual American way(!) - then it did at the slower 55 and 65 mph that you'd expect. I think that speed was just right for the engine design or some such. I mean, I've learned that to maintain 55 or 65 mph, the only way to get good mileage in the Chevy Prizm is to take it out of overdrive which feels strange because it makes the engine so much louder. The point is, to get good truck miles per gallon reading, the slower I drive the better I'm off. Whether I say slower because of the acceleration or slower because of the speed it all helps. Now, I'm not saying to all of you drive your big vehicles in the city to get good mileage because the stops at all the lights will get you, but maybe when the freeway is going a steady 30 to 45 mph, that my truck gets as much as 3 miles per gallon better! Yeah, traffic jams on freeway have only given my truck better fuel mileage! Isn't that nuts?!? You'd think that all the slowing down and speeding up would cost more, but my Nissan truck just doesn't get good miles per gallon at the higher speeds. Now, I've tried cruising on the freeway at 55 or 65 where the traffic was light to save gas and so far it hasn't worked, but maybe that's because I only drive it a long way on the freeway when I have a lot in it, or a payload that only the Nissan Frontier can move.
Sorry to get off topic, but if any of you were wondering why I was referring to the kilometers per hour (KPH) instead of miles per hour (mph) it's because after I left Europe focusing on going 140 KPH was the only way I could keep myself from driving too fast. It's much harder to maintain a certain KPH than the equivalent MPH because there are so many more KPH numbers on a gauge in the same amount of the gauge movement than MPH. It was the only trick I could think of to stop myself from driving too fast after being allowed to drive faster out of America.
Now, I'm not saying to all of you drive your big vehicles in the city to get good mileage because the stops at all the lights will get you, but maybe when the freeway is going a steady 30 to 45 mph, that my truck gets as much as 3 miles per gallon better (16.6% improvement, which is a nearly magically impossible improvement)!
In conclusion:
Seriously, traffic jams on freeway have only given my truck better fuel mileage! That's totally nuts!! (A generally moving traffic jam, but it did have some light stops too.)
Get more on the Truck or Car Miles Per Gallon from AutoBravado's other website.
by AutoBravado
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