My first few personal tests were on a 1983 AMC Eagle SX4 4WD. The problem was that the car was in a bad enough state of repairs that I never had a consistent period of time to test it on. The one time I did test it on a long trip, I forgot to read the odometer when I arrived at my destination! The only fact I can give concerning the mileage was that I drove from Erie, PA to Hagerstown, MD on approximately one half of a tank of gas. I drove 357 miles using a minimum 9 gallons of gasoline (my tank registered just below the halfway mark). This would figure to 39.7 mpg. Even figuring the use of 10 mpg means I made 35.7 mpg. My Eagle normally got 15 mpg highway! I know on this trip I had to have been getting at least 35 mpg. But where was the 60 mpg highway that my friend's Jeep had obtained? Our engines were identical and yet I got lower mileage.

The only difference I could find was that he had used his air conditioning pump to force the produced gases into the top of his air filter. I had thought instead of sacrificing the air conditioner, I would cut the line from the PCV valve to the carburetor, insert a T-connector, and allow the vacuum from the engine to suck the gases in. I discovered that using a pump to force the gases into the engine seems to work better.

The second test I used it on for a long trip in my Eagle also was botched up. I had changed from galvanized bolts to bolts labeled 'zinc’ to use as electrodes. After an 100 mile drive to Buffalo, NY I found my electrodes had rusted to the point the water was murky and no gasses were being produced. I did not replace them and ran the rest of the tank out sight-seeing in Niagara Falls. I did get a pleasant surprise when I refilled the tank. Even though the device was running for only 100 miles of that tank of gas, my overall mileage (including the 2/3 of a tank the electrolysis unit was not functioning - which again, normally meant 15 mpg highway) still indicated I had gotten 23 mpg! Remember, this was with the device only running for 2 hours of driving. The mileage for this trip must have been quite good in order to register 23 mpg overall.

The next test came after I finally got a chance to have the system work by forcing the gas into the top of the Carburetor with a pump. I shared the idea with another friend of mine who put a windshield wiper pump into the top of the electrolysis tank and used it to force the gases into the top of the air filter. The results are 67 mpg highway, 47 mpg city in an 8 cylinder 350 engine running a/ 4WD pickup! The other truck it was installed on was a 4WD pickup with a 351 engine. Both trucks report the same mileage.

Admittedly there are other ideas I have for improving the system (see 'improvements Section' below). This publication is being written to inform people of the basic unit with hopes they will try to improve it themselves. This electrolysis unit will help in the saving of our environment, and the saving of our wallets from those who would greedily take advantage of us.