# Magnets for gas engines **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [August 23, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469 "2009-08-23T15:23:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wellington\_hall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/34f0e0/32.png) [@wellington\_hall](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wellington_hall)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/1 "2009-08-23T15:23:30Z")
They sell a magnet for diesel engines to prevent bio problems with the fuel. know these work. Anyone have any luck with the mangnet that goes on the gas line of the car. It is said to change the atom structure og gas to make the car run better. Does it work or is it a scam ---
**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 4:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/2 "2009-08-23T16:17:26Z")
I have some great swamp land in Florida for you. Twotone ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/3 "2009-08-23T16:23:09Z")
And, after he buys that somewhat damp acreage from twotone, I would like to sell the OP a bridge that I own, which connects the boroughs of Brooklyn and Manhattan. I really own it! Honest! Surely nobody would lie about a thing like this. ---
**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/4 "2009-08-23T16:40:21Z")
Scam, as are all other such devices about which similar claims are made. Save your money. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 5:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/5 "2009-08-23T17:15:42Z")
The magnets are pure hooey, both on gas engines and diesel engines. However, since you are convinced they work on diesel fuel, I see no reason not to buy them for a gas engine too. Someone has to support the folks who make this bunk. Otherwise, they will turn to a life of crime since they don’t seem to be constrained by any sense of morals. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/6 "2009-08-23T19:43:03Z")
THey have been selling magnets like that for all kinds of engines since the 50’s, maybe longer. So far not one of them have experienced a failure do to the magnet, and not one of them benefited from the magnet. 100% SCAM ---
**Author:** ![circuitsmith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/circuitsmith/32/40376_2.png) [@circuitsmith](https://community.cartalk.com/u/circuitsmith)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/7 "2009-08-23T21:07:32Z")
Put a magnet on the oil pan of the engine and trans to trap metal particles. That’s the only place a magnet might conceivably do some good. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 11:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/8 "2009-08-23T23:10:37Z")
But what will I do with my oceanfront property in Arizona? ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 11:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/9 "2009-08-23T23:55:28Z")
They sell them to put around your ankles and wrists to keep your arteries clear, cure cancer, remove warts, whatever… ---
**Author:** ![GSN\_fan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@GSN\_fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/GSN_fan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/magnets-for-gas-engines/35469/10 "2009-08-24T00:26:19Z")
Fuel isn’t magnetic. End of story.