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Title: Acetone as a Fuel Additive - A cheap way to get an increase of from 15 to 35%, mpg.
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Published: May 15, 2006
Author: peswiki
Post Date: 2006-06-04 01:38:03 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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A cheap way to get an increase of from 15 to 35%, mpg. http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/ For more just do search on Acetone MPG
Using ordinary 100 % Acetone as a Fuel Additive 1 ½ oz. per 10 gallons
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#1. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)
Where can I buy it? Is it affordable?
I got it at K-Mart, $6 for 1 Gal.
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
Is K-Mart one of those globalist enterprises?
Is the Pope German? Does the Bear Shit in the woods? I tried to get it at the local "mom and pop" hardware store but it was too expensive-$7 a pint. The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
As long as the Pope doesn't shit in the woods then I'm jiggy with Acetone. I'll see what I can find this week. Do you have any sort of personal testimonial about its performance?
Acetone is fingernail polish remover. You don't want to put it in your car; it'll eat the hell out of everything it touches. You don't want the stuff to even TOUCH you. I've seen these articles before, and all of them are fraudulent.
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I'm getting 25% more gase mileage. Women put this on their fingers. I don't touch the stuff, I dilute it 1.5 oz to 10 Gal gasoline.
The mind once expanded by a new idea never returns to its' original size
I think Ax tried it for a while.
So will gasoline, though. Try pouring some gasoline in a styrofoam cup, and come back in an hour or so: the cup will be dissolved. Feul system and engine parts are made of solvent resistant materials. Not recommending for or against using acetone in your gas, I know nothing about it. Just saying it probably wouldn't hurt the car. What about Xylene or MEK, I wonder? My first thought when I read the article was that it cleans your injectors and plugs. The linked page says it works by breaking down the viscosity of the gasoline, making it atomize better so it burns more completely. I wonder if it would help an old-style carburated engine(my van). Maybe I could get up to 12 mpg, instead of the usual 9.
Women put it on their fingernails, not their skin. You're going to be sorry. It's dissolving your gaskets and 0-rings as I write this. You're getting better gas mileage because it's cleaned out you fuel injectors. You can get such things at any auto parts store. I would never put any acetone in my tank -- and this is from a guy whose four- cylinder car has over 280,000 miles on the original transmission and engine, so I know a thing or two about cars. You'd be better off changing your air filter regularly and using platinum spark plugs.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
You're going to be sorry. It's dissolving your gaskets and 0-rings as I write this. You're getting better gas mileage because it's cleaned out you fuel injectors. You can get such things at any auto parts store. I would never put any acetone in my tank -- and this is from a guy whose four- cylinder car has over 280,000 miles on the original transmission and engine, so I know a thing or two about cars. You'd be better off changing your air filter regularly and using platinum spark plugs. And I wouldnt advise getting it on your auto paint.. it'll take the finish off..
Yeah, this works on a lot of cars. But you definitely have to be careful. I know a guy that got a 20% MPG boost on a 4.6L Ford. Trouble is, these engines have plastic plugs on the intake manifold. They blew out one day on the highway. No telling if it was the acetone or not. He hasn't been able to get a straight answer from a mecanic on this because no one wants to pass on this unorthodox procedure. Liability worries, I assume. I went to a website that I don't have a link to anymore, and a lot of folks are really getting improved mileage with acetone. I'd do some careful research about the car that I'd be putting this additive in before I tried this.
Acetone WILL improve your gas mileage at first because it's cleaning all the gunk out of your engine. Many fuel injector cleaners have acetone in them. The stuff is okay if used temporarily. If you use it all the time, it WILL dissolve your gaskets, your o-rings, and anything else it touches in your engine or fuel system that's made of plastic or rubber. Then you are going to be VERY sorry. It will also dissolve the paint on your car if it touches it.
Freeper motto: "I read, but do not understand; I write, but make no sense."
I know a guy that got a 20% MPG boost on a 4.6L Ford. Trouble is, these engines have plastic plugs on the intake manifold. They blew out one day on the highway. No telling if it was the acetone or not. He hasn't been able to get a straight answer from a mecanic on this because no one wants to pass on this unorthodox procedure. Liability worries, I assume. I went to a website that I don't have a link to anymore, and a lot of folks are really getting improved mileage with acetone. I'd do some careful research about the car that I'd be putting this additive in before I tried this. Impressive.. with gas prices people will try most anything ..
boy, i sure wouldn't chance it.
DO NOT DO IT!!!!!!!! From >http://hamtonroads.com 1. But it's worse than useless, it's also harmful. Acetone is the primary ingredient in nail-polish remover. And while it will burn and is a high-octane material, it's also a very powerful solvent. So while it's in your fuel system, it'll be eagerly dissolving all of your rubber components ... like gaskets and O-rings. 2. Some cars have a rubber hose in the fuel line that goes between the fuel-cap assembly and the tank. When you add your acetone, pouring 100 percent, undiluted rubber-eater right onto that tube, you'll be eating through it in no time. 3. Here's our final reason not to use it: It dissolves paint. So if you slip and spill a little bit outside your fuel filler door, you'll have a nice, unpainted line running down to the bottom edge of your rear quarter panel. When we see you drive by, we'll know you didn't take our advice! SO..wanna' destroy your engine? Dump acetone in the fuel tank. You'll get NO mileage increase and require a new car.
"I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in -- and the West in general -- into an unbearable hell and a choking life." Acetone dissolves Super Glue - 'nuff said! No way I would risk it.
Yeah that is true.. nuff said is right.. I was considering it :P
I don't know about rubber, but the stuff comes in plastic containers...maybe I'll put an O-ring in acetone and see how it goes.
Yea, got a gallon and ran the suggested quantities for about 8 or 9 tanks of gas IIRC and didn't really notice crap. The polarity is alleged to "loosen up" the hydrocarbon chains for more efficient combustion. Also, it's not any more of a solvent boogey man than any other VOC in gasoline, I put several types of o-rings in a jar filled with it for several days to see what the effect was on them and it wasn't jack (which is not to say all are good, I may have just serendipitously gotten unobtainium doped super o-rings). It does pass through skin like it's not there and is a tad hard on the liver over a long period of high exposure. To give you an idea of how easy it penetrates skin, I've known health and safety guys who demonstrate absorption risk by placing their fingers in a jar of acetone and simultaneously blowing into a PID (Photo Ionization Detector), it shows up on the meter right away...
"To wield onself -- to use oneself as a tool in one's own hand -- and so to make or break that which no one else can build or ruin -- THAT is the greatest pleasure known to man! To one who has felt the chisel in his hand and set free the angel prisoned in the marble block, or to one who has felt sword in hand and set homeless the soul that a moment before lived in the body of his mortal enemy -- to those both come alike the taste of that rare food spread only for demons or for gods." -- Gordon R. Dickson, "Soldier Ask Not"
No one mentioned anything about what comes out of the exhaust pipe when they would be burning acetone. Acetone is an extremely high carcigenic substance. Just read the label on fingernail polish remover and or famowood filler used by woodworkers. nuff said!!!!!
Carbon Dioxide, Water... Some NOx (Nitroous Oxides) from the air being 78% nitrogen...
"To wield onself -- to use oneself as a tool in one's own hand -- and so to make or break that which no one else can build or ruin -- THAT is the greatest pleasure known to man! To one who has felt the chisel in his hand and set free the angel prisoned in the marble block, or to one who has felt sword in hand and set homeless the soul that a moment before lived in the body of his mortal enemy -- to those both come alike the taste of that rare food spread only for demons or for gods." -- Gordon R. Dickson, "Soldier Ask Not"
Acetone will destroy the lubricating properties of the motor oil. First clue will be when the engine seizes. I would try this with an old vehicle that is not worth much to see what happens.
...casting my vote *against* trying this. I wouldn't expect so little amount of an additive to so much gas to have that dramatic an impact on MPG. Ten gallons of gasoline weighs about 61 pounds, so doing the math with 1.5 ounces of acetone means the additive makes up a very tiny 0.15% of the fuel mixture. So if this mixture yields an average increase of 25% MPG, it certainly isn't because acetone is a fuel. The "loosening up" of hydrocarbons in the gas is an interesting theory (I've heard the same about clipping a strong magnet around your fuel line) but the cleaning properties explanation makes a lot more sense. So if you got better milage with it on your first try, I'd say go without it on your next two tank fulls and see if the good milage continues. If so, you got your answer. But I'd take a pass on putting acetone in gas based solely on claims found on the net. Acetone is nasty stuff, as pointed out.
I used it a few weeks ago when I Super Glued my fingers together.
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I have Super Glued areas of my body before. It is probobly best you don't ask though....
My case was really pathetic. I not only Super-Glued my fingers together, I Super-Glued the insole in one shoe to my finger. Let's just say the tube burst.
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Go pour some acetone in a styrofoam cup. It won't take an hour.....It won't even take 10 seconds.
It won't take an hour.....It won't even take 10 seconds. I poured some gas in a styrofoam cup many years ago. I watched it eat through the bottom in seconds.
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#2. To: Fred Mertz (#1)
#3. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#2)
#4. To: Fred Mertz (#3)
#5. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#4)
#6. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)
#7. To: YertleTurtle (#6)
#8. To: Fred Mertz, axenolith (#5)
between being stumbled over or being kicked.
#9. To: YertleTurtle (#6)
it'll eat the hell out of everything it touches
#10. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#7)
I'm getting 25% more gase mileage. Women put this on their fingers
#11. To: YertleTurtle (#10)
Women put it on their fingernails, not their skin.
#12. To: Zipporah (#11)
#13. To: randge (#12)
#14. To: randge (#12)
Yeah, this works on a lot of cars. But you definitely have to be careful.
#15. To: YertleTurtle (#13)
#16. To: christine, ALL (#15)
ACETONE MILEAGE INCREASE IS BOGUS.
--Osama bin Laden
#17. To: YertleTurtle (#10)
#18. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#17)
Acetone dissolves Super Glue - 'nuff said!
#19. To: YertleTurtle (#13)
If you use it all the time, it WILL dissolve your gaskets, your o-rings, and anything else it touches in your engine or fuel system that's made of plastic or rubber.
#20. To: Esso, Fred Mertz (#8)
#21. To: Zipporah (#18)
Acetone dissolves Super Glue - 'nuff said! Yeah that is true.. nuff said is right.. I was considering it :P
#22. To: LACUMO (#21)
No one mentioned anything about what comes out of the exhaust pipe when they would be burning acetone.
#23. To: YertleTurtle (#10)
#24. To: Itisa1mosttoolate (#0)
#25. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#17)
Acetone dissolves Super Glue - 'nuff said!
#26. To: YertleTurtle (#25)
#27. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#26)
I have Super Glued areas of my body before. It is probobly best you don't ask though....
#28. To: Rabble Rouser (#9)
So will gasoline, though. Try pouring some gasoline in a styrofoam cup, and come back in an hour or so: the cup will be dissolved. Feul system and engine parts are made of solvent resistant materials.
#29. To: AdamSelene (#28)
Go pour some acetone in a styrofoam cup.
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