Fuel saving from the filter

Company claims 40 per cent reduction, better performance

Christopher Serju, Automotives Writer

With fuel prices high and little prospect of a decrease, PFS Alarms and Tracking is marketing a fuel-saving device it claims will also benefit vehicles in other ways.

Displaying one of the smaller devices (which fits a motorcycle) inside their office at 141/2 Half-Way Tree, Road, St Andrew, to Automotives recently, company strategist Patrice Samuels explained that the range extends to cars, pick-ups, trucks and tractors and can even be fitted on to fuel-powered generators.

With claims of cutting fuel bills by 40 per cent, creating cleaner exhaust and giving the engine more torque, surprisingly, the device does not connect to the fuel tank.

Installation of the device, which is done by the company, involves pouring distilled water into the chamber, to which potassium hydroxide is added. A connection is made to the battery terminal ,as well as a 3/8" diameter hose. This then goes on to the air filter, which in turn leads to the combustion chamber.

Starting the engine ignites the mixture which becomes enriched with oxygen, resulting in much more oxygen than hydrogen being funnelled into the air filter.

Samuels explained that "When that mixture gets into your air filter, you have less fuel being burnt, resulting in cleaner exhaust. So you are completing the same distance for less fuel and for sure with more torque and, over time, it also decarbonises the engine."

The company encourages customers to change the air filter on their vehicle at the time of installation and top up on distilled water every two to three months.

There is a $60,000 price tag and the company offers financing, as well as a lay-away plan. It comes with a one-year warranty backed by the British-based insurance company, Lloyd's of London.