Adding Acetone to Your Tank will give HUGE increase in Mileage....

[JHerrlich]

Skin exposure to solvents over time can cause sensitization (sp?). One day you don't have any reaction and the next, it almost kills you from the reaction. Then you'll react to the solvent for the rest of your life.



I remember seeing that on some safety video about a decade ago.

 

[The patriot]

Sorry. We must have had different stuff @ work. Maybe it had ketones etc. or some other stuff mixed in it.

I still wouldnt expost myself to it un necessarily.

I worked in a chemical plant for years, and I can tell you, one year there may be no problem with a certain chemical. Next year they'll have a very low exposure limit on it.

JM. 02

Eric

 

[Mike Ellis]

Acetone is one of the few solvents they will still let us use at work. MEK and a host of others have gone bye-bye.



If is dangerous, we ought to see plenty of signs of it by now in the female population - they used it for decades to remove fingernail polish.



Will it work in diesel? I wouldn't try it in a 24-valve that needs its fuel to be lubey-fied for the VP44, but maybe in an old 12-valve... hmmm. Why don't some of ya'll try it and report back... :-laf

 

[KMatheson]

Xylene / Toluene Solvents in Diesel Fuel

If you research the MSDS on most diesel fuel additives, they contain 10-25% of these solvents. If you look at the Chevron pdf on diesel fuel facts, both xylene & toluene are components of pump diesel in small percentages 2-3%; don't think you can hurt much, as long as you don't dump a gallon of the stuff in your tank; it still costs somewhere around $8/gallon for the stuff =;-)

 

[DMcPherson]

Most diesel shops say acetone will eat the soft parts used on our fuel system.

So, how can we calculate mileage when we go down the road hooked on a tow truck?!!!!

Don't try this.

He also says warm air is better for mileage than cold air.

He has been sniffing fumes too long.

cold air is more dense, thus better mileage.

Im not sure cold air being more dense is better for fuel mileage. although warm air having a disadvantage at filling the cylinder completely, there is less fuel required in the area and less consumption, I know when its cold out my mileage definately suffers. also acetone does not have any kind of lubricating properties and this would definately not be a good idea

 

[FATCAT]

I wonder how the stuff would work cleaning my rifles an pistols?



Anyone ever use the stuff for gun cleaning?

 

[rbattelle]

Anyone ever use the stuff for gun cleaning?

I use the stuff to clean absolutely everything except ABS plastic (which it eats). I even occassionally clean my hands with it.



-Ryan

 

[pwr2tow]

It really amazes me how one website from another can be so different. On another website everyone was just crazy about adding acetone to the fuel and everyone but a few swore it increased fuel mileage by 1-2 MPG.



I tried it in both my diesel and gas engines without any improvements. In fact I saw the opposite, a decrease in fuel mileage of 1-2 in the diesel and 4 MPG decrease in the gas engine.



I think who ever thought this one up was working for a acetone company and they needed a sales boost. :-laf

 

[JHerr]

Like paccool, I tried it in a couple of tanks in my old '81 Rabbit diesel a couple of months ago. I mixed 2 oz. to 10 gallons... a bit less smoke but no increase in mileage. If anything, fuel mileage dropped a few percent. You notice a few percent when the Rabbit gets 47 mpg in the winter.



In summary, not worth it for the extra cost. I figured that it would do the least damage in the old Rabbit. Acetone didn't get anywhere close to my Ram's tank. I donated the rest of the bottle of acetone to where I work for mirror-cleaning duty for our laser cutter.

 

[jcarey]

old '81 Rabbit diesel



Not trying to steal the thread, but can you still get parts for the '81?



Amazing mileage. We have 2 VW jetta TDI and love them.

 

[JHerr]

Yes, its not too difficult to find parts here for old VWs.



There is a pocket of VW-loving people an hour to your north. Southeast PA has a lot of oil-burner fans, for this reason VW has a loyal following because they produced more diesel cars than anybody except Mercedes. Besides that, VWs are good-handling cars.

 

[Sageair]

Please be careful with Acetone. The vapors are extremely flammable.



-Ryan

Did you know that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing? I learned that one the hard way!

 

[Mundgyver]

I posted a few months back on this. We tested the Acetone out a couple of months ago. I did a 4,000 mile trip and two other friends of mine who are motor heads and engineers tested it our on their outfits. Between the 3 of us, we clocked 11,000 miles and many tanks of fuel. Bottom line is it does not work. My rig is in my signature. I tried it in my wifes honda, did not work. It was tried in a Jeep, Ford pickup, Mustang and Mistubusi by my one friend. The other fellow used it in his Cady.



Bottom line, we all lost mileage anywhere from 0 to 1. 7 mpg average below what we usually would get.

 

[Cattletrkr]

Hmmmph! I think I'll stick with my fuel-magnet-molecular-liner-upper thing/thingy.

I got a packet from an outfit in ND that I wish I'd have kept to show you guys. It was a device based on Quantum physics that would increase mileage. Supposedly there's a couple companines in MN running them. Just a little 2" tube about 1' long set on top of the engine. It had better increase mileage a whole hell of a lot 'cause that little sucker cost... .















$4500.



I did not order one. :-laf

 

[donnier]

I found this on another diesel site.

The gentleman that uses this formula is in Georgia and claims to get 26 mpg.

Is it just me or does something not seem true here?





Fuel:

30 Gallons of Exxon diesel

24 Ounces of Power Service Kleen

8 Ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil

6 Ounces of 100% pure acetone

1/2 ounce Torco MPZ engine assembly lube

 

[HeavyHauler]

I found this on another diesel site.

The gentleman that uses this formula is in Georgia and claims to get 26 mpg.

Is it just me or does something not seem true here?





Fuel:

30 Gallons of Exxon diesel

24 Ounces of Power Service Kleen

8 Ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil

6 Ounces of 100% pure acetone

1/2 ounce Torco MPZ engine assembly lube

Well let's add up the cost of all those additives and see if he comes out ahead. I really doubt it!

 

[Mike Ellis]

I have tried a bunch of different additives over the years, the only one that consistently raised mileage is Marvel Mystery Oil, but the effect is small (0. 5 - 1. 0 mpg on average). Best technique for increasing mileage that I have seen is to drive a bit slower.

 

[JasonCzerak]

I used to think cold air is better but warmed air vaporizes fuel better. I get about 9. 7mpg towing my enclosed 4 place at -10F to -20F. The only thing the cold air does is allow me to get lousy mileage at faster speeds.



When the air warms up, my mileage increases.



Oh, back to the thread, I ain't runnin' acetone anytime soon. And yes, it will make you silly if you use it to clean the inner fenders on your Cobra in a poorly ventilated room.

Ummm, maybe your millage drops becuase of the winter blend fuel? 50% #1 diesel mixed with #2 diesel I hear will drop winter mpg by 3mpg (give or take 1 or 2). I typicaly got 17-18 city/highway mix last summer. Now I'm getting 14. 5-15. 5 city/highway per tank on average. You can thank the high gelling tempatures of #2 for this

 

[Cattletrkr]

I found this on another diesel site.

The gentleman that uses this formula is in Georgia and claims to get 26 mpg.

Is it just me or does something not seem true here?





Fuel:

30 Gallons of Exxon diesel

24 Ounces of Power Service Kleen

8 Ounces of Marvel Mystery Oil

6 Ounces of 100% pure acetone

1/2 ounce Torco MPZ engine assembly lube

I don't care if he really is getting 26mpg. That's just ridiculous add that much crap to your fuel. I wonder how many studies have been done as to how all those chemicals mix?



Note--problem #1 is that he probably has stock in Exxon. Good for him, bad for his opinion.

 

[donnier]

He swears that the foregoing is true and got rather pissy when others on the thread called him on it.