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Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 05:12:28 -0700
Subject: Why 44 P.S.I ??
A conversation with Tristan
Hello George,
I had a few questions for
you. I'm looking to clean out my gas tank from water. Would you recommend I
put WD40 in my gas tank along with fuel to help clean it?
I saw an article that you
wrote on Mothballs boosting the octane of fuel. Are there specific mothballs
and is it necessary to add WD40 to the tank?
Best regards and thanks a
bunch,
Tristan
The
fuel that you are using, does it have ethanol? The ethanol will remove any
water that you might have in the tank. The mothballs is the one that contain
naphthalene. I don't use WD-40 any more since the adding of ethanol. Ethanol
is better then mothballs, cleaner and easier then mothballs. I have ethanol
on hand now.
George
Hello George,
If gas contains a bit of
ethanol, is it safe to add some extra in it? What would be ratio to mix fuel
/ ethanol?
Tristan
George
Hello George,
Besides getting rid of
water, what other benefits does ethanol give?
I would be glad to. I live
in
Tristan
Ethanol
will give you more gas mileage, cleaner air, clean fuel and engine system. I
live in
George
Hello again George,
I recently bought
mothballs and added them to my fuel tank. I
believe that they do not fall freely into my tank. I believe there
is a net there that stops them from entering the tank. Should I
puncture it with a thin rod to allow the mothballs to fall into the
fuel inside the tank?
Keep in mind that
I have a 2001
Best regards,
Tristan
No just
go to the gas station and put in a little gas real slow and the balls will
melt quickly. The best way to do this is put the amount of mothballs that
you will be putting in the tank in a zip-lock bag and tap on it with
a rubber hammer and make it into powder, then get a long plastic funnel and
cut the tip to the size just smaller then the neck of your gas filler
tube, then go to the gas station and put it in and wash it down with some
gas. What some of my radio listeners do is they get a gas can and mix the
mothballs in the can with some gas and let it melt then pour it in the gas
tank. Some use a old blender and grind it up then pour it in the tank. If
you have a 2000 and up Toyota change the front brake disc pads to Akibono
brand cause the one from the factory is made in China and don't stop too
good. Do you have the K&N air filter and Royal Purple motor oil in your
engine?
George
Hello George,
I currently use
Castrol GTX reg oil 5W30 and change every 4000KM along with the OEM
Toyota Oil filter. So my pads shouldn't be ordered through
Best regards,
Tristan
That
is a bad oil to use, you are wasting your money on this oil, use the
Royal Purple oil 5w-30 and you can go 10,000-15,000 miles on the oil
change. The brake pads you buy from the auto parts store like CSK or who
ever has that brand. For the air filter use the regular K&N filter for
your car. If you drive fast then get the high performance brake pads
from Akibono. For the oil filter use Wix filter or Purolator.
Hello George,
I watched all your
videos. Just a few questions regarding them. For the power steering
fluid, I'm currently using
Also, when should I
change the brake fluid? Do I flush it out like with the power steering
procedure you mention?
Best regards,
Tristan
For
the power steering yes that is the way and with the Royal Purple it will
last for 50,000 mi. The brake fluid should be changed by a shop that is
good cause they will have to have the right tools and use only dot 4
brake fluid, you do this every 2 years. You have great questions for my
radio show why don't you share with everyone and call this sat at 1pm
946-5467.
George
Hello George,
It's been a
long-time. I still keep getting the engine light. The code is
P0171. Which according to the web is MAF sensor. I cleaned it
with electronic degreaser and also checked it for proper
resistance. It works as per spec. I recently noticed some type
of exhaust leak noise coming from just below the console. My
friend states that it's most probably gasket between headers and
exhaust. If this is true can this cause my engine light to come
on?
Best regards,
Tristan
No that exhaust leak can't turn on the check engine light. Try
changing the MAF sensor or get one from the junk yard, it's
cheaper. Check the air intake bellows for cracks.
George
Hello George,
Thanks, I'll do just that and let you know how it goes.
Regarding tire pressure, do we fill up to the max
specified on the tire or do we go by the car
manufacturers specs in the glove box?
The
mothballs have increased my mileage by over 180 km. It
went from about 500 with the fuel light to almost 700
km. Amazing man! I didn't include the wd40 to the fuel.
Is it really necessary?
Best
regards,
Tristan
The tires should be at the max
pressure on the side of the tire. You should share this
with the radio listeners on Sat, lots of people think
the mothballs are BS, but it's up them if they don't
want to save money on gas.
George
Hello
George,
The
mothballs do work. For me they increased my mileage
about 27 %. But why is it that they do increase mileage?
Do they act like fuel detergents in which gas don't
contain as much anymore? Also, is it really necessary
for the WD40 for easier ignition?
Best
regards,
Tristan
You
should share with the world on your question, but here
it is the mothballs have naphthalene in it and it raise
the octane by two numbers and the higher the octane the
better mileage we get. This is why the oil company
dropped the octane back in 1975 when they said we were
out of gas. They said we need to clean the air, well the
lower octane made the world worst. The best octane is
about 104 or ethanol. The WD40 cleans out the system and
keeps it clean, the cleaner the fuel the better the
mileage. This is the kind of question that is good for
my radio show listeners, and they love to hear what kind
of mileage you are getting with mothballs. Lots of
people don't believe it, their lost not mine. Hope this
helps you.
Aloha,
George
Hello
George,
So
since the car components were designed for very good
fuel if you use the following combo of mothballs and
wd40 is there a possibility of damaging injectors or any
other component that comes in contact with the fuel
being used?
I
also, flushed the power steering with royal purple
synthetic. Great stuff!!!
Best
regards,
Tristan
No, it's better then the low octane. The car
manufactures' want you to damage your engine so you buy
a new car every 5-6 years so the higher the octane the
better but if you let too high you just wasting so 104
is your number to get and you won't damage anything. The
only thing that will damage engines is the poor gas (low
octane) and I'm finding this all over the world more and
more.
George
Aloha George,
I
recently added WD40 (4L Tin can) to my fuel mixture
with mothballs. The care had sat for about a day.
When I started the car it had trouble. I started but
at very low rpm for a second or two then went to
normal higher rpm on a cold start.
The way
I make my mixture is the following: I take a gas
container of about 6L so roughly 1.3 Gallons. Add my
91 octane fuel from Shell. Then add 62 mothballs
because my car has a 50L tank. I then add 12 Oz of
WD40 to it. I pour it into my car's tank.
Then I
usually go fill up the tank with 91 from Shell. Is
this the proper way to do it? Am I missing a step or
a tip?
Best
regards,
Tristan
That is the right way and this would be
a great call today on the show.
Aloha,
George
Hello George,
So it's normal for the car not to start on the
1st shot. It runs at low rpm and then chokes?
Or is this the actual water being brought out of
the tank and gas?
I'll try to call in next week with this
question.
Was not home yesterday.
Best regards,
Tristan
No that is not normal, you need to
get about 4 cans of BG44K. With half a tank of gas
put in one can of the BG44K onto the gas tank. Run
the car down the freeway for about 6-10 miles, then
do that every time you need to fill gas fill only
half tank and use the BG44K every tank for 4 times
and it should clean out the carbon from the intake
valves, this is what cause the bad idle when cold.
After this treatment change the spark plugs to the
Autolite XP3924 and gap it at .045.
Good luck,
George
Hello George,
I
don't have that product available in my area.
Is
there a second choice that you would choose?
Tristan
Hello George,
How are things?
Last Friday I changed my mass flow sensor. This
is what was causing lack of power and the
erratic idle and choke on start. Since then my
check engine light hasn't turned off. I read in
some forums that some codes might take up to 40
cycles before they clear. Is this true?
My car is running like new since that new MAF
sensor. The best investment after your Fuel
mix!!!!
Regards,
Tristan
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Aloha George,
I
have been working on developing an ethanol energy and algae plant here.
All the technologies are very new and most in pilot phases.
You are preach to the choir
with me.
I see that you may open many ethanol stations with a
eye towards E85
and blends. We have a great opportunity to have a self
supportive
industry here from biomass not food to make alcohols for
fuels.
You have been a great spokesman for this fine alternative to
fossil
fuels. I used RE85 in
expensive with no difference in
milage but seemed to have a big impact
on the car's performance.
Better after the tank of regular was spent
and we drove to
of a rental. We drove 1,660 miles and
blends upward of E 20 worked
well. Needed more stations with E 85 to
blend with rest of the 92
octane E10. There it is real 10% of ethanol
and says so on the pumps
not "may be up to" like here.
I
would like to meet with you some time to show you our work and the
promise
of ethanol made in
ethanol since they tried to make it from sugar or do not have the
technologies
to start. As this industry begins to grow the drivers of
fuel drivers will be very happy. We will also
make methanol. The
catalyst is the same and divides the syngas to many
products.
We are now in a process to get funding for our lab
experiment to show
the synergy between three processes and capture the
CO2. A closed loop
operation is possible and the biomass from the
algae can be recycled
to make the fuel from gasification. A catalyst
now in pilot operation
by a group on the Continental US is going to be
ready for commercial
operation in our demonstration plant soon.
Some
other uses for the algae oil include biofuels and even food.
After
frying it can be used for biodiesel.
We have been the first
to put forth the ideas of a all in one concept.
It is a way to produce
the fuel from the feedstock. Other new energy
producers developing
just electricity on the
groups are looking to use algae to sequester carbon. This is because
the future taxes on carbon in the industry and if the pollution needs
purifying it can go through these plants. That makes biomass to be
used
as feedstock for ethanol.
Kindest regards,
Warner
Kimo Sutton CEO
www.diamondheadrr.com
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From: Verycoolrides@aol.com
Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 18:58:42 -0400
Subject: Las Vegas Connection
To: Georgenitta@hotmail.com
CC: SMITH1127@aol.com
George,
I
just found your show. I am listening on my computer from NJ. Could
you explain how to boost gas mileage with moth balls?
Phil
Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: Japan listener
Hi George,
I am a Japanese and Hawaii resident and I am very grateful to be able to
hear your program whenever I can. I hope to call into your program when I
return to Hawaii in a month or so. Sorry very difficult with writing in English. In
Japan keyboard is not
easy to use in typing English. It is "so so" as we say.
It is good to hear what is happening is Hawaii at this moment.
Thank you for keeping your program on air and on the internet.
Domo arigato gozaimase
Masuzawa Hideko
Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2006 1:54 PM
Mark
Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2006 5:38 PM
George, thank you for all that you are doing. Happy Thanksgiving. Many,
many people are grateful to you for your sharing. When people like you
give us important info that is not ordinarily given to the public and
should, our responsibility is not just to listen but pass it on to others.
I'm grateful for those who call in and share how your info has helped
them. Some of us need to stay in the background because of narrow or
brain-washed thinking.... I'm so happy for you that your children are
taking after you and respect your knowledge and concern. Take care.
Mahalo nui loa. Sandra
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:31 PM
Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 4:12 PM
Hello George,
Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2006 1:32 PM
Hello George,
Is it possible for you to open your own service stations selling quality gasoline with the Ethanol blend? I figure if a lot of people go to you for the gasoline, the other service stations/oil companies will be forced to give in or they lose money. Since there isn't any competition for the oil companies, their fuel quality standards are below satisfactory. I would think if they had someone like you to compete against soon, they will change their ways or go out of business because who wants to buy low quality fuel which will damage our vehicles. Almost all of us depend on gasoline so why would they change anything just because we the consumers demand a better product. I'm not sure the politicians will help us or something would have be done by now including the gas cap. The solution is for someone to make/sell a better quality fuel 100% Ethanol/gasoline blend of Ethanol so us consumers use a quality fuel, those oil companies use their business making them think again about cheating the public.
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Hi!
An inline friend who is a Hawaii native referred me to your site. We've been discussing alternative fuels. We drive a 2000 Nissan Quest, and it's pretty much a gas pig. And the cost of gas is going thru the roof here in Georgia.
Someone on the same board stated that we could use ethanol -without-refitting the engine. Is this true? Would it be possible to run the car on that, without destroying it's engine?
We just purchased this beast, and my husband delivers papers at night so we have a fairly huge gas bill at the moment. It would be very good news for us if we could switch to ethanol.
We'd really appreciate any advice you could give us. We're getting swamped, and the paper's reimbursement program for gas doesn't even come close to the actual costs we have.
Thanks!
Morgan R.
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Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 11:51 AM
Subject: Pantera
Dear George,
Just have to admit, Your Pantera looks amazing! Just a few quick questions:
1) how long did it take you to restore/build the entire car?
2) how'd you get hold of the body?
3) would it be possible to find one in Toronto? (I'm a high school student
in Toronto, Canada)
Again, car looks beautiful!
Inspired,
Sean
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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:50 AM
Subject: Car care tips
Aloha
George,
You’ll
be glad to know that your car care tips are spreading to the far reaches of
As
winter is approaching, I already advised them about servicing their cooling
system, changing their oil to Royal Purple 5w20, and getting Optima batteries
for the upcoming winter months!!! Dena and Lacie both own Fords, so I
e-mailed them some literature about Motorcraft Premium Gold antifreeze and
Motorcraft-brand oil filters (which are Purolators in disguise-LOL).
Lacie
was a bit taken aback when I told her that the perk of Royal Purple Max
ATF(for automatic transmissions) or Synchromax (for manual transmissions) is
that it only has to be changed once every 100,000 miles!!! I guess she thought
I was joking!!!
Too
bad Lance Fujikami isn’t in
What
would we do without you, George???
Aloha,
Dean