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- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: The Gasaver: what's the deal
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.135521.100@janus.arc.ab.ca>
- From: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA (Bob Erkamp)
- Date: 6 Nov 92 13:55:21 MDT
- Reply-To: erkamp@JANUS.ARC.AB.CA
- References: <12130062@hpmwga.sr.hp.com>
- Organization: Alberta Research Council
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- In article <12130062@hpmwga.sr.hp.com>, jefftb@hpmwtd.sr.hp.com (Jeff Brown) writes:
- > Has anyone ever heard of something called the "Gasaver" it claims by
- > injecting platinum into the combustion chamber that it will increase
- > fuel mileage by "up to" 22%. This uses the same properties of the
- > catalyic converter.
- > Any way a call to their 800 number says that it costs $89.00 for
- > 24,000miles worth. It mounts in the pcv line so it can suck it into
- > the combustion chamber.
- > To me it sounds like another snake oil thing but I was wondering ig
- > any one has tried it.
- > Thanks
- > Jeff Brown
-
- Can you say 'SCAM'...these guys were investigated about a year ago on 'Market
- Place' (a Canadian consumer watch TV show) and they could fine no measurable
- improvement with this item.
-
- Bob
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