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To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (102383)	4/28/2005 7:20:33 PM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

Hi Sidney! What's going on? Just to add the tiny bit I do know about fuel injection to this argument, fuel injected cars cost more to maintain. So mechanics also profit from them.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (102383)	4/28/2005 7:59:29 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I did not realize you were an automotive engineer. Can you share with the thread support for the following statements: The oil companies own the patents for all the gizmos ever invented that increase gas mileage fuel injection . . . is a gas guzzling technology Inventions that atomize the gas before it is burned are forever locked away with patents and will never be used Links would be helpful. TIA.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (102383)	4/28/2005 8:28:03 PM
From: Ish	Respond to of 108807

<<Fuel injection created no increase in fuel efficiency at all over the old type of carburetors. So why go with the fuel injection technology?>> Cars start in cold weather. Fuel air gets changed depending on conditions. Better mileage.

To: Sidney Reilly who wrote (102383)	4/29/2005 9:36:30 AM
From: Oral Roberts	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

As a former mechanic I can state unequivocally that you are totally clueless about this subject from the statements made in this post. Your claims are absurd at best. There could never be a carburetor design that could atomize and deliver the fuel to the cylinder with the efficiency of an injector. New car engines run cooler and more efficiently and last longer all because of fuel injection and computer control of fuel. In the cold country your car starts where it used to flood and not start because of fuel injectors. You don't need to change oil but every 7000 miles instead of 3000 miles because of injectors. I could go on and on but since you read about the carb that the oil companies bought the patent on that would give a 57 Studebaker 100 miles to the gallon or some such nonsense you won't believe me anyhow. snopes.com