Water + Alcohol misting allows your engine to have better performance during the cold season.
Author: Green Fuel Booster
24v DC Water Mist Generator on my Rio
Installed a 24v DC Water Mist Generator using approx 1 amp of power.
Bosch engineers validate water injection for fuel-saving
BMW Validates Water Injection
BMW validates water injection 🙂
VW Diesel Car NOx Emissions Cheating
So VW Diesel NOx emissions are 40x higher on real road tests than on standard emissions test. VW installed cheating software when they could not easily fix it.
What Causes High NO (NOx)? Nitrous Oxide or NO is created when an engine’s combustion chamber temperature reaches over 2500F.
Solutions on how to lower NOx emissions:
1. Urea (CH4N2O) Injection.
This solution clears exhaust gases after fuel burn in the engine. What is the cost? Probably $5K+ according to this article.
2. Hydrogen (NH3 + H2O) Injection.
What about making it burn just a little cleaner? Probably this DIY will work.
3. Water Fog (H2O) Injection.
What about just lowering the engine temperature by using water fog/droplets to absorb the heat? Probably this will work, too.
4. A combination of #2 and #3. Probably. But if it works it is still a lot cheaper than $5K+ urea injection.
5. Software fix. Update the A/F map and algorithm. This might lower performance ratings.
For those who have home garage lab mentalities – experiment on!
Your Car Engine Data on your Phone
This new update makes it a little better for car engine data monitoring.
Autotalky.com updated the phone app to allow viewing of engine data from an phone.
Login:
Dashboard showing average values for the last 50 trips.
Engine data parameter values from latest notifications.
Cold Season vs Warm Season Gasoline Formulas
I have been getting my premium gasoline from the same station. It looks like approximately 2 weeks ago the gas formula changed. The cold season formula is gone. The warm season formula is here for us to use. The observable difference is the CO2 footprint (g/km) increased compared to the cold season gas formula.
Premium vs Regular Gasoline: Glaring Differences You May not Notice
Lately, with low gas prices I started consistently using premium gasoline (93 octane) from regular gasoline (87 octane). Also, I deactivated the Green Fuel Booster.
The data captured shows some interesting graphs.
Here are the three variables that seemed to co-relate.
Torque – which simply is the pulling or pushing power of the engine.
Carbon emissions – in grams per kilometer.
Fuel efficiency – in Miles Per Gallon.
Using regular gasoline caused relatively bad carbon emissions of up to 250 grams per kilometer.
Using premium gasoline dropped carbon emissions by approximately 100 grams per kilometer.
Using regular gasoline gives relatively low torque.
Using premium gasoline dramatically increases torque.
A drop in carbon emissions has a negligible increase in fuel efficiency.
An increase in torque also has a negligible increase in fuel efficiency.
If you are like me, who drives carefully like a parent with kids in the back seat, then, I do not need all that torque.
Simply tapering the air intake after the MAF sensor will probably force the injectors to lower fuel use, therefore, increasing MPG.
The Trusted Mechanic: A Driver of Economic Productivity
With the average American worker income going down
and jobs going part time
it is understandable that the average age of cars on the roads is getting up there, 11+ years
and auto loans are going sub-prime.
With these realities driving a “reliable car” to work to earn a living is a “must”. Less car downtime means better income. That means most workers depend on their auto mechanic. That means auto mechanics are not just simply auto mechanics. Auto mechanics are an important driver of economic productivity.
One level above an auto mechanic is a “Trusted” Auto Mechanic. The difference is transparency. With 1996 or newer models cars have sensors all over it a “Trusted” Auto Mechanic shows the car owner why a certain maintenance job needs to be done and explains how it affects car using that data.
Trust-worthiness is not a label one can slap on ones shop. Trust is earned via transparency.
A Reason to Tell your Boss Why You need to Work from Home
If that is an option …
Driving home from office today compared to yesterday shows something interesting. Today, the ambient air temperature was generally around the 30+ degrees. Yesterday’s ambient air temperature was around the 70+ degrees.
The glaring difference is that the carbon emissions is relatively higher when ambient air temperature is lower. That means it is better to minimize driving in cold weather. That would be a reason to tell my boss that I need to work from home on those days 🙂
Cold day:
