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Unfortunately this creates doubt in the consumers' mind - if they're going to spend hard-earned money on a fuel treatment, it better meet expectations. Especially when those expectations are raised by slick marketing and promises of guaranteed results that seem too good to be true. When the benefits don't material, drivers resign themselves to believing all fuel treatments don't work.

Unfortunately consumer expectations have been inflated by short-lived "snake oil salesmen" in the marketplace. They bring a product to market backed with extravagant claims that are too good to be true. Rarely are these products registered with the EPA - a legal requirement supposed to be fulfilled by anyone selling an old-road additive product. Guaranteed 35% mileage increase or more? Yeah, right. By the time enough consumers complain about the worthless product, the crook is gone with cash in hand. The typical life for a company like this peddling its own version of worthless engine water may only be a couple of years.

Why doesn't the government do anything about it? This kind of situation falls under the auspices of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the FTC doesn't really have the resources to catch everyone in the short time it takes for them to get in and out of the marketplace with a few million dollars of ill-gotten gains. So the crooks get off scot-free, most of the time, and the consumer suffers for it. It is notable that a number of well-known companies, like STP, have faced FTC lawsuits for untrue product claims and have had to settle for substantial sums of money.

We can't tell you what to buy and use in your vehicle. But you will have the greatest chance for a satisfactory treatment experience if you follow some of these guidelines:

• Look for additives with proven track records

• Multi-functional additives with detergency

•Be wary of extravagant claims and hokey concepts

• Steer clear of any additive that claims to be able to make the car perform significantly better than it's designed specifications

Remember, if it seems too good to be true, it probably is. Nobody can guarantee you a 35% or 45% increase in your fuel mileage, because everyone drives differently. Reputable products that actually work tend to be more conservative in their claims, because those are the claims that will stand the test of time.

A quick hitch is a latching device on an excavator, that enables attachments to be connected to the arm of the plant and can be changed quickly. These pins are fitted in manufacturing of the equipment, and should not be substituted with large bolts, wire or other substitutes should the pin become broken.

Fatalities in the UK during 2006 alone amounted to four which involved semi-automatic quick-hitches. There are also Fully automatic quick-hitches, but failures in connecting the pins to the breaker have happened.

On one such incident, there were two possible causes of an accident, which could have been either operator failing to correctly engage the pins, before slewing the arm to carry out a dig, or ground material, mud, stones etc., preventing the hitch from engaging correctly.

The construction industry is fast moving, carries out work in all weathers, uses extensive work equipment, diggers, excavators.