acetone increases MPG?

[Stormhammer]

http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/faq.htm   woo

[Silver R/T]

hmm interesting read, anyone try that

[69bananabeast]

how can such a small amount of additive increase MPG so much?

[General Ryan]

Would that be the stuff in  a little bottle you can get at the regular drug store/K-mart?

[Telvis]

I would be afraid to try it. I have trouble trusting stuff I read on the internet.

[Chryco Psycho]

I can`t see it hurting in a gas engine
I would have some concerns with the lubrication in a diesel injector pump but it is such a small amout it could work

[Silver R/T]

i guess it oxygenates gas even more? but thats just my guess, anyone got a beater than can try that on?

[Chryco Psycho]

My friend is going to try it over the next 3-4 days

[General Ryan]

^kool, keep me posted, I'm interested in trying anything in increasing the mpg in my 440

[Silver R/T]

ya would be interested in outcome

[69bananabeast]

hope all goes well, I think everyone here could use that

[Vainglory, Esq.]

I read about this on Moparts a while back.  It's supposed to have a good effect, but not amazing.  Also, you apparently can't run it in older cars because the acetone erodes certain parts.  Newer cars should fine though.

[MoparYoungGun]

My friend is going to try it over the next 3-4 days

Definitely keep us posted Neil.

[69bananabeast]

I read about this on Moparts a while back.  It's supposed to have a good effect, but not amazing.  Also, you apparently can't run it in older cars because the acetone erodes certain parts.  Newer cars should fine though.

If you actually read the whole article it shows that it was used in a bunch of older cars and has been used since 1954  and never had problems .  Used it in one car for over 500k miles.  Also they left some of those components in gas with 10% acetone  (which is supposedly a hundred times what should be used) for months and saw no breakdown or eroding.

[Afflyer]

  I wonder if I could do this in my daily driver ('96 Ram).  I'm not driving faster than 60 MPH and I'm getting at least 21 MPG.

Bradley

[Chryco Psycho]

I will let you know 

[bull]

This stuff works good for me: http://www.ethosnw.com/ I'm getting about 2 mpg better and I pass DEQ no problem.

[69bananabeast]

any one have any updates?

[Chargerguy74]

We used a lot of acetone in university. It burns cold. I've seen a guy poor it on his hand and light it on fire....for fun. It does evaporate very fast too. I wonder how it would react with the lubrication in the engine, because it removes everything from a surface.

[Drache]

Anyone ever watch "Myth Busters"? Would be neat if they tried this! They bought an old engine and tried the sugar, coke, dish soap, etc in the gas tank to stop an engine... none of it worked.

They also tried the myth about cracking an egg in your rad as a temp measure to stop a leaking hole... damned if that didn't work!

[Chryco Psycho]

it will be a week or so

[Chargerguy74]

Anyone ever watch "Myth Busters"? Would be neat if they tried this! They bought an old engine and tried the sugar, coke, dish soap, etc in the gas tank to stop an engine... none of it worked.

They also tried the myth about cracking an egg in your rad as a temp measure to stop a leaking hole... damned if that didn't work!

I think the bleech killed the motor

[martinihenry]

Yeah, I'd be really carful with some of this stuff. Not just for the fact that it may damage seals, or other parts in your car's fuel system, but there's the health concerns too. The article mentions MEK, or Methyl Ethyl Ketone. This is one nasty solvent. While the known recongnized effects aren't totally documented, MEK has been recognized as a blood, liver, and kidney toxicant. It is known to cause birth defects such as Microcephaly and is a skin and resperatory irritant. Many in the medical field also believe it to be a carcenogen. Please use the utmost caution when messing around with this stuff.

[69hemi]

it will be a week or so

Any news?

[Chryco Psycho]

not so far