Adding Acetone to your tank increases MPG

"Arguing on usenet is like competing in the Special Olympics: Even if
you win, you're still a retard."

 

In his original message Ben B made in the subject line the statement,
"Adding Acetone to your tank increases MPG."

We first look at whether this is true. To 640 oz of gasoline is added 1
oz of acetone (0.16%). At this low concentration any potentially
negative effect on the operation of the engine will not be noticeable,
and the added energy (the energy in 1 oz of acetone) will increase the
miles linearly.

But this is not what Ben B has in mind because in the body of his
message he makes another statement, "Acetone increases fuel
efficiency," and then asks, "Has anyone tried this?"

The added 1 oz of acetone may add 1/4 of a mile, so miles/gallon
gasoline is minusculely increased, but miles/gallon fuel is decreased
because of acetone's lower energy content, and miles/dollar is even
more decreased because acetone is more expensive than gasoline.

But could acetone have beneficial effects? Could it remove gunk in the
engine's air intake system and make the engine run better? Probably not
at this low concentration. If it would be economical the gasoline
producer would add it. I believe they do add cleaners, though, but not
acetone.

I assume gasohol (10% ethanol) has a cleaning effect.