eco fuel system?

anyone have this on their truck, it's about $300 and is supposed to add 10-15mpg, the local news channel here tested it and said it was legit...tried it on a 98 suburban

CLICKY eco CLICKY

the ECO 2 is made for the xterra

Sounds to good to be true. If it was true the automakers would have already jumped all over it to boost sales of higher mpg vehicles.

Sweet! A fuel restrictor!

Be right back, I am gonna go crimp my fuel line.

P.T. Barnum was right...

I looked but couldn't find the vid linky they had the news story posted on the net a while ago and compared 4 different products. a lot of companies and cities are puttin these into their cars

I purchased one of the magnet type fuel savers at a dealership in chiapas,mexico, the one that is placed around the fuel line before it enters the engine. However i did not check if it improved my gas mileage i just assumed it worked. I have been in google and find a lot of legal documents regarding these so called magnet fuel savers ect ect. So i trully question if these products actually help.......

its like the tornado fuel saver or something, youre better off throwing your money out the window...my friend wanted to buy a "performance chip" for his civic, it was literally a 10cent chip from radio shack in a plastic box that made the engine think more air was being delivered etc etc....and i dont want this to sound like i'm bashing or something, but for those who want to purchase these, do you honestly believe that youre going to get up to 15mpg more from an Xterra? thats more than 30mpg!

I'm skeptical as well, just wondering if anyone has tried this...here are a few links:
vid clicky
news clicky

Really, without ANY investigation beyond reading their website, it's is obvious crap. You'll go faster and get better mileage alright, your wallet will be lighter!

that was good!!

All I got to say is. Whats a magnet going to do to gasoline? Magnetize it?

Seriously. I'm sorry that you got ripped off.

dang..
i wonder if dis really works...
i will tell my friend about dis...

Is your friend a gullible idiot? If so, you're a sadistic bastard for trying to get him to fall for this crap.

Take some vice grips and crimp his fuel line. Same thing.

Or just bolt a 2x4 block to the floorboard under the gas pedal.

From what i read on the website it's main benefit is reduction of emmissions. The original poster made the claim that it could provide 10-15 mpg better, not the company.

"If you are looking for the MAGIC BULLET to fix damaged engines, give you tremendous fuel savings, make Cavaliers run like Corvettes and make a Ford Power Stroke Diesel out pull a Peterbilt with a 500+ hp CAT engine then you are looking at the wrong website. ECO Systems will only make your vehicle run at its peak performance with the fuel you are currently using."

I really doubt they would have forged all the recommendations from state agencies, which btw were very subjective. Statements like the oil looked cleaner, or the engine seems to run better, etc, etc...

IT WON'T DO JACK SHIT FOR PERFORMANCE, MILEAGE, OR EMISSIONS!

Oh why bother. It's darwinism for cash...

A fool and his money and all that :rolleyes:

I have the Vortex, the Eco 2, a rear spoiler, the fuel line magnet system, and one of each 12V adapter accessory from WalMart on my truck and now it goes faster, gets better gas mileage, and makes me more attractive to members of the opposite sex.

Sounds like it works the same way as using acetone in your gas tank. The concept behind acetone is to reduce the surface tension so the droplets of fuel break up into smaller droplets, same volume of fuel but more drops = higher surface area = more of the fuel is burnt. I did try to acetone on the way back to CA from Moab, I got up to 22mpg, stock tires. Not saying it does work or that you should go get one, just saying that it could work and perhaps more research should be done it before knocking it down.

oh, as a side note, soe described the magnet idea as polorizing both the air and the fuel so they are attracted to each other to mix the air and fuel more throughly. IMO the ECO syste sounds way more legit and plausable. On the other hand if some one was to ionize the air...

I tried the acetone trick for a few tanks. 6oz per full tank, I averaged about 20 more miles to a tank (city driving). Nothing to write home about in my opinion.

You might have used too much, I used 4oz in the tank, I might do it again this weekend on my way up to Death Valley jsut to see how it does.