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Old 02-24-2013, 01:18 PM   #238 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by oil pan 4 View Post
You are correct.
No one has come up with a way in theory or practice to inject water on a gasoline engine at light load and increase fuel economy.

The only other way water might be used to increase fuel ecomomy is to use steam in place of or in addition to EGR.
As far as I can tell no one here is about to do that.
i had the same thought on the EGR and i have one sitting idle on my motor. Any tips on hooking up a simple system?

How to produce the steam is the question. Would atomized water have the same effect?

I would think if there is no direct benefit then how about injecting water in a gas ICE just to keep it clean? A clean engine alone could help fuel economy. No?

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Originally Posted by maxc View Post
Ive done that and increased engine power 10% with only steam on a na engine.
I would like to see more info on your testing...

Again, how is the steam aquired?
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