- Jan 16, 2012
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Anyone heard fo XP3 fuel additive..?? I hadn't until my wife came home from one of her Chamber of Commerce meetings last week asking about using XP# in the TrailBlazer. Let me start off by saying that I think these fuel additives are snake oil and that the industry would be using them in their products if they genuinely worked.
So, with my discalimer that I belive this product to be hype and likely to fail, let us proceed. XP3 fuel additive is, like all fuel additives, supposed to clean the fuel system and deliver improved gas mileage. I have researched the stuff on the internet and there is a suprising lack of good informatin about the product.
Against my advice, my wife signed up for the product and we should be receiving it shortly. so, seeing as we (will) have the stuff I might as well be scientific in my testing and prove/disprove the product in an objective fashion.
On a positive note, this is a business expense, so the actual price is roughly 2/3 what she paid when 2012 tax time rolls around. The purchase is a goodwill gesture in her networking group for her local chamber of commerce, always a good thing for a new business owner.
Please let me know if there is anything I should be adding to or considering when doing my tests....
FACTS.
Cost: $50 for enough XP3 treatments for 200 gallons of fuel. By my math, that equates to 25c per gallon.
87 grade gas is $4.19 in our area right now.
TrailBlazer takes around 16 gallons to fill the tank (at the point where we decide we need gas).
TrailBlazer is averaging around 16.5 mpg right now; this is city driving, little to no highway driving in this number.
16 gals @ 25c/gal = $4 cost put XP3 in a full tank of gas.
$4 of gas will take me roughly 16 miles with current mpg numbers, so the XP3 needs to improve tank mileage by 16 miles to break even.
Some of the above are best estimates and I will use hard numbers when doing the calculations for the tests.
I aim to take 3 baseline measurements before I begin the XP3 regime, this should give me a decent idea of the average mpg before entering the test.
Pre XP3
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Tank 1:
Start miles - 130,003
End Mileage - TBD
Miles travelled - TBD
Gallons used - TBD
MPG - TBD
With XP3
======
Start miles - TBD
End Mileage - TBD
Miles travelled - TBD
Gallons used - TBD
MPG - TBD
Tank 1:
Start mileage
So, with my discalimer that I belive this product to be hype and likely to fail, let us proceed. XP3 fuel additive is, like all fuel additives, supposed to clean the fuel system and deliver improved gas mileage. I have researched the stuff on the internet and there is a suprising lack of good informatin about the product.
Against my advice, my wife signed up for the product and we should be receiving it shortly. so, seeing as we (will) have the stuff I might as well be scientific in my testing and prove/disprove the product in an objective fashion.
On a positive note, this is a business expense, so the actual price is roughly 2/3 what she paid when 2012 tax time rolls around. The purchase is a goodwill gesture in her networking group for her local chamber of commerce, always a good thing for a new business owner.
Please let me know if there is anything I should be adding to or considering when doing my tests....
FACTS.
Cost: $50 for enough XP3 treatments for 200 gallons of fuel. By my math, that equates to 25c per gallon.
87 grade gas is $4.19 in our area right now.
TrailBlazer takes around 16 gallons to fill the tank (at the point where we decide we need gas).
TrailBlazer is averaging around 16.5 mpg right now; this is city driving, little to no highway driving in this number.
16 gals @ 25c/gal = $4 cost put XP3 in a full tank of gas.
$4 of gas will take me roughly 16 miles with current mpg numbers, so the XP3 needs to improve tank mileage by 16 miles to break even.
Some of the above are best estimates and I will use hard numbers when doing the calculations for the tests.
I aim to take 3 baseline measurements before I begin the XP3 regime, this should give me a decent idea of the average mpg before entering the test.
Pre XP3
=====
Tank 1:
Start miles - 130,003
End Mileage - TBD
Miles travelled - TBD
Gallons used - TBD
MPG - TBD
With XP3
======
Start miles - TBD
End Mileage - TBD
Miles travelled - TBD
Gallons used - TBD
MPG - TBD
Tank 1:
Start mileage