Anyone know anyone who has tried this? My friend is on his first tank right now. You have to use 100% acetone, not more than 3 ounces per 10 gallons. He is approximently 3/4 thru his first tank and it looks like he is getting about 40 more miles out of the tank. He drives a Nissan Frontier Supercharged, 2002.

Depending how it works out for him (if he ruins something in the truck or not) then i may try it. 14 mpg in my beast ain't happening, with these prices now-a-days...

 

this has only been discussed about a bagillion cafillion times.

 

I have never heard of it but found this online:
http://www.pureenergysystems.com/new...00069_Acetone/

http://forums.macosxhints.com/showthread.php?t=45638

"Every time there's an upset in gas prices, this old myth comes out in force again.

No, it doesn't work. Plus acetone is really bad for many plastics found in your fuel system."

 

why would you do this?
it baffles my mind why someone would put anything except gasoline into a $40k truck.

oaw

 

H2S04 works just like the acetone, only quicker!

 

ok here we go again

below is what i posted in the "chips tuning and programming" board a few months ago..

go ahead and dont believe me..

see what troyer has to say about it in the next post...

...zap!

well i'm gonna throw some acetone on the fire...

acetone will not increase mileage...thats completely bogus
and i'm getting this from a article in the auto section of the boston sunday herald as i type...

doing this does nothing twards efficency according to a independant fuel systems engineer that was interviewed

he's aware of the rumors about acetone and mileage floating around on the web and says his equipment is precise to decect anything over 1 percent

no increase was reported whatsoever

he goes on to say

"adding acetone is worse than useless...its actually harmful..and while it will combust in a engine(in fact its high octane) acetone is a very powerful solvent. so while the acetone is sitting in your cars fuel system it'll eagerly be dissolving all the rubber components like gaskets and o-rings along the way"

"not to mention that most cars and trucks have a rubber hose that directs fuel to the tank and the raw acetone can and will eat the rubber thus contaminating the fuel and continue to eat away at the rubber hose"


i guess thats enough

...zap!

 

read on folks....


...zap!




#6 01-09-2006, 03:46 PM
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Well said, zapster.

NEVER put acetone in the fuel tank of your vehicle, it is highly caustic and can cause accelerated cylinder bore wear, etc.

the only way any "fuel" or "fuel additive" is ever going to increase actual fuel mileage, all else being equal, is to provide not only a proper fuel formulation, but also to provide a higher BTU content - meaning more BTU's per gallon of fuel - it's just about that simple.

Raw energy content (setting aside what type of vehicle, how the vehicle is driven and maintained for a minute) has far more to do with MPG than anything else - so if you want to get better mpg, run the highest quality fuels, those with the highest energy content. The way you find that out is to test 3 tanks of each brand/source of fuel, and the fuel that delivers the highest MPG under the same driving conditions is generally the fuel with the highest BTU content. Now you also have to do that at the same time of year, I.E., compare winterized fuels to winterized fuels, and summer blends to summer blends, as winterized fuels will ALWAYS cause a drop in fuel mileage due to a lower energy content.

Last - there are also performance mods you can do to improve MPG, such as electric fans & underdrive pulleys, and good tuning, as well as reducing restriction in the intake & exhaust sides - now this is assuming that you want to improve performance as well as the potential for better mpg, too.
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so what we are saying Zap... is instead of using sugar, put a lot of acetone in someones gas tank if they tick you off.

 

Or, if you lived in Bellevue, NE the last few weeks, a Sinclair station was dumping 90% water into people's tanks. I need to find that article... edit when I do.

 

i did'nt say anything..

this acetone issue will continue to rage on and on and on...
its just another point of view...

heck a potato stuffed in the exhaust pipe is just as much fun

...zap!

 

Wow guys, i didn't do a search first (a thousand lashes with a wet noodle for me! Wait, i might enjoy that. never mind..) well, i will watch him destroy his truck and just keep on driving as efficent as possible with mine. He would not believe anything i tell him anyway, so i will let him learn the hard way. Thanks, and didn't mean to stir anyone up, just curious...

Thanks guys!!

 

This comes up every time gas prices spike.

"Snake Oil", does nothing.

 

Adjust your driving style and see how significant your mileage increases. On average, I gained 2 mpg or so just slowing down 5 mph on my daily commute.

 

also, rolling on the gas easy, not tailgating so you dont hit the brakes and slow down. keep the RPM's low.
clean out the extra junk in your truck and save gas not hauling it around.