"Gas Saver" Invention They Say Actually Saves Gas . . . Who Knew?

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--“23 mpg in the city and 45 on the highway.” Isn’t this what we all look at when choosing our car or truck? Smaller gas-burning engines get better mileage, so they say. Touted “mpg’s” seem to rise every year, especially with the addition of computers and advanced technology. Or do they? In reality, vehicles have shown less than a 5% increase in miles per gallon in the past 60 years, despite sophisticated technology.

In the face of tightening economies, excessive pollution and mileage performance have become concerns across the globe. Mexico City motorists have strictly-enforced “no drive” days in an attempt to control their pollution. Santiago, Chile drivers face the same concern, as do many U.S. cities that incur health warnings whenever smog levels soar. Eighty-six percent of all households own at least one vehicle and first-time car buyers increase an average of 10 percent per year. Nearly 378 million gallons of gasoline are consumed every day in the U.S.—that’s an average of 454 gallons per year for every man, woman and child!

Joel Robinson, Director of National Fuelsaver Corp. in Boston, Massachusetts, states, “It’s no wonder there’s been a lack of progress in the area of increased engine efficiency. The principles of automotive engineering have been grossly misunderstood.” National Fuelsaver Corp. devised the Platinum Gas Saver in 1977, which increases the mileage of gasoline-powered engines by 22 percent, meeting federal and state emission standards. Their premise was as significant as their invention.

In the mid 70’s, California, together with the federal government, decided to get serious about the amount of pollution in the atmosphere and mandated catalytic converters, which are basically mufflers whose internal surfaces have been coated with platinum. Not all the gas that enters an engine is consumed; that which escapes is released into the air as a pollutant. Platinum is a catalyst that causes unburned fuel to burn upon contact, eliminating pollution. It does not, however, create more miles per gallon with the increased burning of fuel, because the burning of this fuel occurs outside of the engine. The energy to power a vehicle is created only by the burning of fuel within the engine after the intake valve has closed and before the exhaust valve opens. Any additional burning of fuel outside the engine (i.e. within the catalytic converter) has no effect on mpg.

Textbooks state that 95 percent of the gas introduced into the engine is burned, driving the vehicle. However, according to EPA Federal Test Procedure data gathered in five separate tests, only 80 percent of gasoline is burned in perfectly-tuned gas engines. Additional research conducted by Champion Spark Plugs shows that the average engine is 12 percent worse than perfectly-tuned gas engines, bringing the burn percentage down even further to 68 percent. These two premises are the basis of National Fuelsaver’s Platinum Gas Saver, created more than 30 years ago. “It really comes down to chemistry,” continues Robinson. “By bringing the chemistry of platinum and unburned fuel into the engine itself, we were able to get added use from fuel that had previously been wasted and released into the environment as a pollutant.”

The Gas Saver is a modest device about the size of a video tape and holds a pre-measured platinum formula. The engine vacuum draws microscopic quantities of vaporized platinum into the intake manifold where it joins the fuel/air mixture entering the engine. With platinum in the flame zone, the fuel burn percentage inside the engine increases from 68 to 90 percent, a significant increase of 22 percent. That allows a vehicle to travel 22 percent faster, or 22 percent more miles per gallon, with the original amount of fuel.

Municipal officials in Los Angeles, Albuquerque and Denver, among others, have installed the gas-saving device on diesel-powered city vehicles. A five-year review of the Gas Saver Catalyst Delivery System was completed in 1985 by the Federal Consumer Protection Department, that stated that independent tests in 1980 and 1982 supported an even higher increase in mpg than the 22 percent claimed by the manufacturer, National Fuelsaver Corp. Results included: lowered emissions; reduced carbon build-up within the engine; increased engine life span; 3-5 point octane boost; significant pollution reduction; more power and acceleration and is safe and compatible with all gasoline burning engines. Their chemistry, science and premises proved valid.

So, why haven’t we heard of this device before? I can’t say, except maybe it’s simply the right time. Although more than half a million units have been sold, it is relatively unknown and un-utilized. But it is needed, nonetheless, especially in today’s unstable economy where we need a break to help us keep costs down, productivity up, pollution and waste down, and morale up. “The purchase and maintenance of an automobile is perhaps the second largest investment we make, next to a home,” says Robinson. “Anything that can increase efficiency and decrease cost is a real blessing in today’s world.”