Yes i am trying to trick the ecu into thinking the air mixture is 14.7-1 when it is actually more like 18-1 or leaner mix. The hydrogen and oxygen being produced in my cell raises the octane level of the mixture and adds more fuel to burn which compensates for the leaner condition. My problem has been making the computer read less oxygen at the o-2 sensor so it doesn't overcompensate for what it sees as a lean mixture due to the extra oxygen introduced by the hydroxy cell.
In most cases when my hydroxy cell is put on a vehicle with no modification utilizing stock computer controls, the computer sees the oxygen in the exhaust as a lean condition and richens the mix to compensate. This causes the fuel mileage to drop slightly with hydroxy. I have not been able to make a carbuerated engine run any longer introducing hydroxy gas. I believe this is due to the lack of fuel control since it is a fixed flow due to jet size. I can reduce the jet size and make the carb. engine run on hydroxy in the leaner state with the same load on it as with the larger jet. If i don't use the hydroxy with the leaner jet it has to be choked almost constantly to stay running.
I think the fuel air mixture must be controlled to a very high level to obtain sufficient mileage results from hydroxy. In order to test this i am using the 4.6 in the t-bird stock with a hydroxy cell running. Sometimes it gets 30 mpg and other times it gets 20. If i shut off the cell it may get 20 or even 25 at times. It is quite erratic. The van using 4.0 v-6 , hydroxy cell (1.5 LPM) , maf and oxy adjusting circuit board gets 14 mpg without and usually 20mpg with but up to 24 mpg. The day i wrote this the van got 14 mpg with the cell shut off and 24 with it on. I ran 20 miles for each test and used the same gas pump to fill up. I realize my results fluctuate a lot because of the method used to determine mileage, but i dont have a better way of testing yet, im poor and spent all my money building prototypes, lol.
I run tests almost every day and try something new to isolate contributors to my results. One common contributor is heat. As the temps go up my results go down. I have eliminated heat from my cell but not from the engine or engine compartment. The other culprit i have found to be air. My circuit board controls the voltage from the maf to ecu. I had to disconnect the air bypass valve because it would eliminate all control from my maf sensor. With it disconnected i have the ability to change the mixture, or duration, of injection. I can see that instantly with the led's displaying the pulse from the o-2 sensor on the circuitboard. I have the maf sensor voltage at its lowest setting right now with the air valve disconnected and the o-2 sensor reading 14.7-1 in closed loop. This is giving me my best results and the engine runs great with no pinging at full throttle. I can richen the mix by turning up the maf voltage and get improved power at top end but it kills the fuel economy if left that way. Engine temp actually goes up with it running richer too, can't figure that one out, but it never overheats
Anyway, the 4.6 worked with the hydroxy on a test track using measured amounts of fuel. We ran each test 2 times to verify results and showed a 25% improvement with hydroxy cell running. Weeks later i tried to show an investor the same results and my mileage got slightly worse. I was devastated. Since then i have noticed my results are erratic, but have not been able to isolate a single culprit. Both vehicles experience the same fluctuation so it may not be the car. I am now investigating the possibility that the hydrogen content of the solution may be depleted, but that seems ridiculous to me. Even so, i am testing that now. I originally thought i would be able to concentrate on building bigger and better hydroxy cells, but now i am having to learn how to make vehicles work with the gas instead. I am spread pretty thin and my brain hurts. I dont have access to shop manuals to poor over so i am asking for input from those of you who already know this stuff.
These are the things i need to understand: 1) Octane Adjust Plug 4.6L
2) Intake Air Temp Sensor- does it cause the ecu to richen mix when colder?
3)maf sensor 4) oxygen sensor or any other sensor that can effect fuel economy. Once again thanks in advance for your help.
