Magnetic Fuel Treatment

[Genesis]

... but, I do not have flowscans, and the differences would have to be DRAMATIC for me to be able to peg them to the units.

My subjective "feel" is that there was a small improvement, however, it was not enough for me to be able to quantify it against the margin of error.

Without flowscans or similar, there's no way to get precise enough to KNOW.

[mike]

Any idea as the the polarity of the magnetics in relationship to the flow and adjacent magnetics? I have some very high gauss magnetics that i want to try. Thanks, Mike

[Soffer]

The Vostec system uses "rare earth" magnets with a claimed gauss of 10,000. Pole orientation is N-S, S-N. The magnets are oriented parrallel to the fuel flow.

Out of curosity, I took one apart. Inside is a 1/8" x 1" passage for fuel; (2) 1/8" x 1" x 4" non-magnetic metal (aluminium?) liners and (2) outer sandwich magnets of same size. The magnets are VERY powerful. I placed a bolt head on the end of the magnets and it took considerable effort to remove it.

I have one on my oil furnace at home, but like Genesis, it hard to quantify improvement without proper measurement devices. I plan on putting another one on one of my boats DD 6-71 engines. The other engine would act as a "control" unit . Not a perfect test environment but good enough to get a sense for any changes in performance.

If you'd like to run a test on your own, it should be pretty simple. Take your high gauss magnets and strattle them around your fuel line as close as possible to the injectors. Fashion 2 wooden frames to hold the magnets parrallel around the fuel line. Secure using tie wraps.

[Mike]

Thanks for the info, I'll use one of my 8v71's engine as a control. The magnetics are used in our processing systems for magnetic confinement of plasma. I'll get the specs on the gauss value, I know they are reported to be very high and like yours, when tested I could only remove them from a metal surface by a sliding motion. Mike

[dmohring]

I had the Algae-X units installed on my 53' with 8V71TI. The were recomended by my mechanic, who I respect and by the Detroit Diesel people. I talked at length with Bill Miller at Algae-X and was convinced to try them. The proof of the pudding is that they work. You do have to run your engines reguarly for them to work correctly. I am installing a small fuel pump motor in the line so I can run fuel through the Racor and magnetic fuel conditioner and polish the fuel when I am not using the the boat often.

Have been very impressed with my service and advice with the company and my contact, Bill Miller. There web site is www.algae-x.net.

[34Hatt]

What the Magnets do is helps the filters efficiency what happens is the molecules of the same charge clump together + to + , - to -. So when the molecules pass though the opposing fields it separates them. We do the same thing here at work www.bnl.gov/rhic/ so it is more efficient. So this is why you place them on the supply side of the filter and as close as possible. One thing about the Algae X one's and any other one that get plumbed into the system is I have seen them clog. That right it was filled with rust it was a boat that did go to the Bahamas a lot so it was figured most of it came from there. I put on a set that clamps on over the hose's and no leaks to worry about, and as a precaution when I change my filters I take them off prior and run the motors to let anything that is building up go into the filter.

[ELECTRA VI]

I would be very interested to know how you are doing that. I have had the ALGAE-X installed on my boat since November. Can you advise you procedure? My email address is g.jeandheur@att.net. Thanks George Jeandheur

[34Hatt]

Well as I said mine clamp on over the hose so you can't do the same as I do. What you could do is pull the front cover off the Algae-X unit and do a visual inspection and see if there is anything collecting on the magnets. I think every 100 hrs or once a season is enough something you can do each winter unless the motor is starving for fuel then check it first. I have some good pictures of the unit with all the rust stuck to it if you want I can email it to you.

[captcoop]

Can you tell me where you found the clamp on magnet system? THANKS

[34Hatt]

I got them the same place as my additive I use www.AJX.US I think the magnets might be on the web site not sure but you can call them. They take about 5 mins to install.