Acetone as a Fuel Additive? Has Anyone Tried This?

[Extreme1]

I had a friend at work printed this out and show it to me. Has anyone tried this?

 

[TWilkening]

There was some talk of this a while back. I believe the general consensus was that it's not a good thing.

 

[fortunate1]

Does anyone know what the "active" ingredient(s) is in products like: Amalgamated, Power Service, Stanadyne, etc. ? Is it "petroleum distillates", toluene, acetone, another solvent? The ratio advised in the linked article for a diesel is 2 oz acetone per 10 gal fuel. Power Service would compare at 2 oz PS per ~6 gal fuel (96 oz container "treats" 300 gal diesel fuel).

 

[dodge cummins]

i believe it dramatically boosts cetane in diesels and octane in gas. i read that it can be corrosive on our injection pumps though.

 

[BHanna]

Acetone is pretty a pretty aggressive solvent. Even this guy's web page says concentrated acetone degrades o-rings (and probably fuel hoses). He says this isn't a problem inside a month or two as long as the acetone is diluted but I'm worried about my fuel system holding up for a few (or 10) years. I put some various rubber parts in acetone and it affected all of them. I'd say bad idea.

 

[biggy238]

The Article I read offered little more than an "I said So!" approach to acetone and that doesn't cut it for me.