Adding Acetone to your tank increases MPG

Acetone increases fuel efficiency

-1oz of acetone per 5 gallons fuel


Has anyone tried this? I would be interested to hear what you all
thing. Some say fact, some say fiction, some say maybe. There is only
one way to find out.

http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive

http://www.peakoil.com/fortopic6172-0-asc-0.html


-Ben

 

is it full moon? something in the water? lack of pbr?

i don't get what's with all this acetone hoaxing. aren't there drug
treatments available for people like this?

 

If you can't afford to drive the vehicle because of the mileage take the
bus!

Tom

 

Why didn't you search this group using acetone in the subject line to see if
there's any info about this subject?

 

Acetone sure will rid the car of any RUBBER hoses, gaskets, seals, and
o-rings! Not to mention all the PLASTICS used in the Fuel System!

 

No. that's not right. The worst that acetone _might_ do at 0.25% to 0.5%
concentrations is remove some unwanted combustion deposits. People
should really step back & use their heads when reacting to new ideas
like this & stop regurgitating knee-jerk reactions they read on the
internet & newsgroups. If people would really _think_ about the
concentrations they are talking about & then really _think_ about how
little they know about the chemical properties & the physical chemical
dynamics of concentrations, they wouldn't type things just to see their
reaction in print on the internet.
No personal offense to this poster is intended.
Rich

 

so where's the evidence? some appalachian redneck in a ford exploder
posting on some crank website alledging he gets 30% improvement in
mileage doesn't convince me. you have any credible citations?

 

False.
I used acetone on plastic underground gas station lines last week for
cleaning/drying, in preparation for fusion welding.

 

The rubes are rampant. It used to be moth balls. My fave is the
magnetic thingy on the fuel line.

nb

 

Depends on the kind of plastic. Acetone in general is an excellent
solvent for plastics and is an ingredient in paint remover.

 

Acetone is fairly inert to olefins such as polypropylene or
polyethylene........the above claim you initially responded to referencing
"all plastics" is false. It will not affect most polyamides or acetyl (POM)
materials either.

 

Um....re-read my post. I said nothing in defense of the mileage claims.
I was only addressing the chicken little response about all things
plastic melting in your car because 0f 0.25% acetone in your gas.
Acetone in 100% concentrations is frequently packaged in plastic bottles.
Rich

 

so where's the beef? all you're doing is demonstrating the fact that
there's a lot of uninformed people expressing opinions on a subject
about which they have not the slightest clue.

 

If you are implying by your reply that I am an uninformed person without
the slightest clue about the significance of concentration dynamics, one
would wonder how you would know so much about me inasmuch as in the
practice of my profession, were I not to understand concentrations &
misinterpret them, it could result in serious injury up to & including
death for one or more persons.
With all due respect, I do believe that all you have accomplished is to
demonstrate "the fact that there's a lot of uninformed people expressing
opinions on a subject about which they have not the slightest clue." The
subject in question would be my qualifications to comment on the
relative innocuousness of adding a combustible substance of such low
concentrations to a tank full of a different substance that will be
cobusted. It's just common sense.
Rich

 

what, like using storage in a "plastic" bottle in an assumption that
acetone is safe for use with all fuel system polymers?

nothing personal, but let's try to keep within the realms of what we
/know/ to be true, not what we hope/assume to be true. if we don't
/know/ we have nothing to say.

 

We have no bus system here. Sorry.
Would you try to save fuel if it cost $5/gallon?

 

Acetone is used in various carburetor and choke cleaners:
http://householdproducts.nlm.nih.gov/cgi-bin/household/brands?tbl=chem&id=194

Yes, it is a very small percentage, but to say that any amount of
acetone will rid the car of any rubber in the fuel system must not be
speaking with much experience with cleaning products.

 

That further begs the question: why in cleaners and not in additives? We
brush our teeth with things we'd never eat. Carb cleaners are made to be
used on metal and wiped away or sucked through the engine quickly. Fuel
additives are made to be in prolonged contact with the inside of the entire
fuel system - hoses, seals and all.

Mike

 

Why not ask europeans - been that much there for years.

Americans have heavily subsidised cheap gas, and so detuned engines,
to ft with their slushboxes, and to run quieter for comfort.

I remember when this acetone myth hit the UK, friend was run off his
feet with work fixing cars by people stupid enough to do it.

 

Do you know what repairs were needed?

Mike