Personal Commentary: 

When we were introduced to Ethos Fuel Reformulator in October of 2006, our family car was 2000 Saab 9-5 with a 3.0 liter turbocharged V6.  This vehicle is rated (new EPA guidelines) at 16 city and 24 hwy, but consistently got 18 miles per gallon in our daily commute, and 29 miles per gallon on the freeway.  We treated the oil and gas with Ethos FR, and within two tanks of gas, the vehicle began averaging 22 mpg in commuter traffic, and 31 mpg on the highway.  We also noticed improvements in the ease with which the vehicle started, the engine noise level, and the overall performance as well.  Our experience has convinced us that the product WORKS, and that operating a vehicle without Ethos in the oil and fuel causes needless engine wear, and wastes gas.  From a cost standpoint, the choice is clear:  It costs more NOT to use the product than to use it.

The Saab was traded for a 2005 Volvo S80 with a 2.5 liter turbocharged 5 cylinder engine.  We treated it with Ethos immediately, so we really don't know how it performed without the product.  EPA ratings on this car are 18 city and 27 highway and premium gas is recommended.  We use regular gas, and get 24 city and 31 highway - at 75 to 80 mph.

The 1995 BMW (in our logo, above) was added to the family fleet most recently, and treatment with Ethos was started immediately.  The on-board computer had not been reset in quite a while, and it was reading 22.1; based on what we learned from the previous owner, this definitely included a fair amount of freeway driving.  After treating the oil and burning few tanks of gas with Ethos, this figure rose to 23.4, and it was all urban street traffic, no freeway time. 

Try explaining this to your Mechanic:

1. It lowers friction between moving parts, but it is not a lubricant.

2. It removes accumulated carbon deposits, but it is not a solvent.

3. You pour it in your fuel and oil, but it is not a chemical additive.

The working components in Ethos FR are two families of ESTERS, organic compounds which are formed from a reaction between alcohols and acids.  Ethos contains both cleaning esters and lubricating esters, suspended in food grade mineral oil.  It is non-toxic, non-hazardous and works with any fuel used in cars, trucks, buses, RV’s, ships, trains and generators.

The cleaning esters are high molecular weight esters, and remove accumulated carbon in both the lubricated side and the combustion side of the engine.  When the esters penetrate the carbon molecules and attach themselves to the metal, it is simply impossible for the carbon to remain on the metal; it is blown out the exhaust pipe, or flushed into the oil filter, or captured by the fuel filter.  Carbon deposits increase friction, retain heat, and occupy engine displacement, and removing this junk from the engine - and keeping it from reappearing - significantly improves the operating efficiency of the motor.  The more miles that are currently on the vehicle, the more carbon has accumulated, and the more noticeable will be the benefit of removing it.

The lubricating esters are low molecular weight esters, and are jagged and irregular in shape, with protruding points, similar to 'jacks', which break off in the voids between the molecules in the metal surfaces of the cylinder walls, piston rings, valves, cams, bearings, and other working surfaces in the engine and fuel system.  Gradually, as these voids are filled, the 'metal on metal' surface contact environment becomes 'ester on ester'.  The result is a significant reduction in friction and heat, and a better seal between the rings and the cylinder walls.  Less fuel energy is wasted in overcoming friction and generating heat, more is converted to torque and horsepower.

The overall result is that Ethos FR makes engines combust fuel more completely. When an engine uses each measure of fuel to the maximum degree possible, it has two very important benefits. It reduces fuel consumption and reduces non-combusted residues that an engine expels in the form of exhaust emissions, such as hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide, particulate matter and other harmful products of combustion. Unused fuel is saved in the fuel tank, waiting to be used efficiently by the engine, instead of exhausted in the form of toxic emissions. Ethos FR reduces emissions without adding any of its own components to the exhaust since it is 99.99976% ashless upon combustion and it is not derived from petroleum.

Our LINKS page will take you to plenty of additional information about how the product works, how well it has worked for other individuals and commercial fleets, and should answer just about any question you might have.  If not, please email us directly and we will respond as quickly as possible.