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Wed, Nov 9, 05 at 23:17
| This seems to be a popular topic these days, but everything I've found originates from one web site, or is attributed back to that site. Does anyone know of any independent corroboration of this deal? 3 oz. of acetone to 10 gal. gas = 3 to 4 MPG increase?
Sounds too simple/too good to be true, but I haven't found the "gotcha" in it yet... |
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| http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive Non-scientific testing - some increases,some decreases. |
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- Posted by Ken_in_KC (kkranz1@yahoo.com) on Thu, Nov 10, 05 at 9:41
| My co-worker tried it in his VW GTI. We're both chemists in the petroleum industry and didn't see how it would work, but one web site seemed to have a lot of good information and data. Bottom line is we concluded you can't separate the human effect. When he added acetone, he found himself driving a little more carefully. He did see a slight improvement, but again he felt he was probably driving easier. If it does help, it's very, very slight. Not worth the cost of the acetone and effort. Ken |
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| I wouldn't take a chance on acetone in the fuel tank until I knew a lot more about its effects on the various elastomer and plastic parts in the fuel system. Acetone is a very active solvent (think of m'lady's nail polish.) If it produced a benefit, it likely cleaned the injectors (provided these needed cleaning). If the injectors were already clean, there'd be no change, but there may be potential damage to parts in the fuel system. |
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| I heard of a guy that was trying it on a fleet of vehicles, and saw no consistant change to mileage pro or con. |
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