Has anyone tried this???
Has anyone tried this???
I was just reading over in the Suspension forum and jschrauwen posted this link. http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/
Was curious if anyone has tried this method of adding Acetone to their gas? If so how were the results on the MX-3? If nobody else has tried it I vary well may and post my results.
Was curious if anyone has tried this method of adding Acetone to their gas? If so how were the results on the MX-3? If nobody else has tried it I vary well may and post my results.
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Ive heard about it too, Ill research and post back
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I am about to fill up tomorrow.. I will add 3 ounces of acetone to my fill up of 92 Oct Premium Cheveron fuel. My current trip meter reading is almost exactly 300 Miles on my last tank of gas (approx. 10 gallons). Note: The MX-3 has a 13.2 gallon (US Gallons) fuel tank capacity. From my experience.. (at least in my car) The orange fuel light comes on when I am down 10 gallons. Meaning there is a 3.2 gallon reserve in the tank that does not show on the fuel gauge.. give or take 1/2 a gallon. Due to the commuter nature of my car.. I should be posting back in about a week with my findings. Cheers.
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Haven't found 100% acetone yet, but I'll keep looking and in the meantime I'll wait for your results Eric.Tunes67 wrote:Thats my initial expectation as well.. but since I have a 1/2 gallon of Acetone at work.. and since I need to fill up.. a quick call to my Uncle the machinist confirmed that it wont harm anything.. so what the hell.. I'll see what it does and it wont cost anything to check
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Cool, thanks! I have read that it can swell some rubber parts/gaskets more but that is in concentrations higher than what you put into your tank. Even if gas mileage doesn't improve much still a great cheap way to clean out the carbon deposits on your injectors, etc.
If you look most fuel system cleaners main ingredient is Acetone!
If you look most fuel system cleaners main ingredient is Acetone!
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where do i buy this acetone and how much..in case this test comes out good.
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I have been doing some thinking on this.. and its still way too early to tell if there is any difference in mileage or performance. But if this guys theory is correct.. this trick would work best on engines with high compression ratios, small displacement and highest octane gas available ( the higher the better ). Assuming this works at all.. I dont see it making much of a difference on V8 engines where the compression is often low (8:1.0 for example) unless you have really high octane gas to begin with. Granted this is all speculation at this point. But.. even if I do notice (or dont notice) any mileage improvement.. it might be worth someone else trying it where they have a higher compression ratio than mine (9:1.0) and/or higher octane gas available than the 92 I can get.
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