Hydrogen Injection Conversion

I guess most of you know by now, either because I told you, or because you smelt the chip shop like emissions from the Citroen, that I have been running it since November on Vegetable Oil. Asides from a period of bad running caused by a faulty filter the system works just fine, thanks to my earlier testing on the Frog. I’ve been running 50/50%, then 75/25% through the winter, so running costs have been about 4 pence per mile (against 15 pence per mile in the petrol Zafira) Now that the spring temperatures are finally approaching double figures I should be able to go over to almost 100% Waste Veg Oil and run for almost nothing. So my Yorkshire credentials are secure, and I am officially tighter than a ducks backside.

However, not content with that, or the added bonus of carbon neutral GREEN motoring, I am now taking a bit of a step into the unknown and the darker side of electronics and chemistry. I have fitted a device which should boost my economy by a claim of up to 50% by running the car on WATER. Yes you read that right, and YES, I laughed too at first. Then I read up a few bits on websites and thought, who dares, wins! This time next year I could be a millionaire, Rodney. I was dubious about it but the science at least seems sound. Water is H20,which is basically 2 atoms of Hydrogen bound to one of Oxygen. If you can separate the Hydrogen from the Oxygen you have fuel. Hydrogen will burn in a petrol or diesel engine with little modification.

Hydrogen cars are set to take off (not literally, they’ll still stay on the road) in the very near future, but the problems are getting the infrastructure in place, refueling and storing the Hydrogen in high pressure tanks, and being held to ransom by the same people who sell us petrol being just a few of the problems.

The gadget I have fitted claims to produce “Browns Gas” which is HHO, in other words separating one of the Hydrogen atoms from the water, which can then burn in the engine, the waste product being H2O, as the emissions bind back with free Oxygen to produce water again. It all sounds quite charming. It’s not a true Hydrogen car, but a step closer, the “Browns Gas” supplementing the diesel (or Veg Oil in my case) thereby reducing the use of the base fuel.

I fitted the gadget today and I’ve only had chance for a short test drive, but I swear it is already more responsive to the throttle and smoother running. I track my fuel consumption with each tankfull against the odometer, so I should be able to give some comparison figures next time I fill up. I’ll keep you all posted on how I do, as with the cost of fuel set to soar again soon (and the threat of strikes at the refinery’s) I am sure you’d all like to get more MPG and cheaper fuel sources. As the AX only cost me £125 I have nothing to loose if this doesn’t work, and other than a hole in the air filter casing everything is entirely reversible if it fails.

Watch this space for updates.

The AX has avergaed 47 mpg since January. A 50% improvemt should see me gettign 70 MPG.
Official figures, running on diesel quote up to 70 MPG on a run, so I could get as many as 105 MPG. And that's running on Waste Veg Oil and water, both of which I can get for free.