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Turn Your Car Into A Hybrid
Did you know you can turn your car or truck into a hybrid, whether you currently use gas, diesel or bio fuels? It doesn’t matter if the vehicle is 20 years old or fresh off the production line. It won’t cost you an arm and a leg. It won’t take you a lot of time. You won’t have to make any mechanical changes to your engine. It won’t void your warranty. You could reverse it in 5 minutes. And best of all, you can do it yourself.
Hybrids are simply a type of vehicle that runs on more than one type of fuel. Some run on a mixture of gas and ethanol. Some run on gas and electricity. Now you can turn your car into a hybrid to run on gas and water. No, I’m not living in fantasy land. It has been done by some people for years. Maybe I should more accurately say you can convert your car into a hybrid to run on gas and hydrogen.
When cars were originally developed the combustible engines were designed to run on hydrogen. The problem was that storing hydrogen fuel tanks was not safe, as they were very combustible and explosive. In fact, you have to be licensed to produce, store and use liquid hydrogen and hydrogen gas. So we went with gasoline, which could be stored as a liquid, and was effective as a combustible fuel. By doing so we eventually created a need for foreign oil and polluted the environment we depend on so much.
Combustible engines require fuel and oxygen. That’s why our engines have a combustion chamber that is fed oxygen from the air intake and gas fuel from the fuel line. The oxygen, fuel and spark plug powered by the battery produce an explosion or combustion that turns the pistons, thereby powering the engine. The after product produced by combustion depends upon the type of fuel. In the case of gas that means huge amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other unhealthy gases. It also leaves residues to build up over time in your engine.
Water is simply hydrogen (H) and oxygen (O), also known as H20. When an electric charge is applied to the water it produces HHO gas. The HHO gas is then introduced to the combustion sequence. The hydrogen gas provides the combustible fuel. The pure oxygen compliments the current air flow (only 16-21% oxygen) and provides a more powerful combustion. The after product of this type of fuel is totally environmentally friendly. It is water. It leaves no harmful residues and in fact cleans the engine and increases performance.
When I finally got tired of rising prices I did my research to find who was already doing this and how this conversion was done. I had heard about it but though it was for the highly skilled mechanic. I expected a cost in the $1,000’s requiring a mechanic to make major changes to my engine. Not so.
I found a manual available with complete detailed instructions and diagrams. It was available for immediate download, so I paid the $97. After reading through the process I purchased the necessary parts from my local home improvement and auto supply stores for a total cost of about $60. It took me about an hour to make the conversion. Not bad considering I am an office type person. The most auto work I had ever done was to change the spark plugs and oil filter on my VW Beetle when I was a teenager. I could now do the conversions in about a half an hour.
I do not know why the auto industry does not jump on this technology. I know they have been introduced to this simple method – so has Congress. Yet, they twiddle their thumbs. My only guess is that they want new car sales and depend on parts sales to supplement their coffers. The technology is easy, convenient and inexpensive.
By the way, I went from 15 mpg city driving to over 30 mpg. My truck runs quieter, has more power and shows an overall better performance. I only add new water every several hundred miles, using a little more than a quart every month.
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