Acetone in gas to improve mpg
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Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 9:21:19 AM
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nitehawk3600
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Has anyone heard about or actually tried putting acetone into their gas to increase their mpg. I guy I work with said a friend of his swears by doing this. He says he adds 2 to 3 ounces of acetone for every 10 gallons of gas and has been doing this for a few years and says he gets about 5 more mpg. I did a internet search and found quite a few pages about it. Supposedly the acetone decreases the surface tension of the gas and it all gets burned. I found quite a range of results being reported from significant increase to no difference to decreased mpg. On one of the sites somebody was explaining that the acetone acts as an injector cleaner and removes water from gas and this was why some people saw good results. Some information said that the acetone can damage plastic or rubber if too strong. Obviously information posted on these sites is not all to be trusted but just wondered if anyone here had any experiences with doing this. Here is a link to one of the sites I found which also contains many links to more info.http://http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 10:56:12 AM
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I doubt that 1 or 2 ounces per tankful is going to do any harm, but if fuel line and injector cleaning is what you want, I would recommend using Techron Concentrate Plus by Chevron. Plus, I want to buy stock in the company that makes a pour-in product that will actually increase mileage by 5 mpg.
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 1:51:46 PM
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Hrm...chemically...acetone couldn't really do much to the gas. The vapor pressure of gasoline is already so low (think how easily it evaporates when sitting out)..adding acetone (which has a simillar vapor pressure) in such a small quantity like rriddle said, won't do much. I wouldn't waste your money. On top of that, the ability to actually obtain concentrated acetone that you would need (not the stuff you buy off the shelf at lowes)...yea just buy some Chevron with Techron.
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 3:27:50 PM
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nitehawk3600
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I not looking for a fuel injector cleaner, in fact I have a can of Sea Foam in my current tank of gas. I was just wondering if anyone else had heard about this or actually had tried it. Just interested if this really worked and anybody got improved mpg.
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 3:46:34 PM
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sounds like bs to me.
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 4:13:29 PM
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WolfPack
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I did a bit of research. Acetone is not a fuel. It does not burn like a fuel. Acetone does however, have a much lower vapor pressure than gasoline, so what will happen, is that as the acetone vaporizes and explodes (Explosive concentrations of acetone are a mere 1.4% in air, where as Chevron regular unleaded is 2.4% in air), it does indeed break up the surface tension of the gasoline at the molecular level. This lets the gasoline fully combust.
So acetone does not improve preformance on it's own, it simply helps the engine acheive more complete combustion = better MPGs.
So i'm going to retract my previous statement. However, I will not be the first one on the forum to try this
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 5:10:00 PM
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WolfPack
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haha did the exhaust smell minty fresh? Whenever we use acetone to prep and clean lab stuff in organic lab everything gets realllll minty
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 6:31:51 PM
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What do you use scented acetone, the stuff I use in lab stinks like acetone, lol. So like 90x your old style nail polish remover. What was said prior is correct, the acetone will clean the engine, alothough it melts many types of plastics so yah that might be bad if its highly concentrated. Also for the gain in MPG you would get you will most likely spend on the good acetone, so it may pointless. Since a gallon of 99% acetone is around $15.
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 6:53:14 PM
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WolfPack
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Nah we've got super concentrated acetone that we use in the dessicating chambers. And the natural mint smell of acetone is just amplified. I couldn't identify the smell at first, it was just strong and nasty, but the MSDS for it lists it as 'mint'.
Also acetone is pretty much paint stripper...so if you spill a bit while trying to get it in your gas tank...it won't be good..
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RE: Acetone in gas to improve mpg - 3/27/2008 8:16:49 PM
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This has been around long than the internet. There are those who swear by it and those who say it is a myth. I tried it a while back in a half ton Chevy and didn't really notice any difference. Didn't hurt anything as the truck now has close to 300K miles on it but didn't help anything either. Go ahead and try it, maybe you'll be one of the ones that swear by it.
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