so.. anyone use Acetone in their gas tank?

Look Its Aaron · Oct 7, 2005

http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

Good read

Some people have used it on our local forums for us So Cal guys here, and one guy has claimed to have gained 4mpg in his fathers WRX.

http://socalhorsepower.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=12470

Anyone use acetone?

RacEoHolic330 · Oct 7, 2005

Hrmmm.. looks very tempting. I might stop by Home Depot tomorrow and pick some up and throw a few ounces in the Subie next time I fill up.

Autobodypro_1 · Oct 7, 2005

Acetone

All I can say is: I wouldn't do it on my car. Acetone can melt plastic parts like your fuel tank strainer giving you delivery problems and clogging your electric fuel pump and lines, leaving you stranded and it can melt plastic or rubber o rings elsewhere in your fuel system which by the way is under pressurization...can anyone say fire hazard....I think the miniscule increase in power and mileage aren't worth the risks...I played around with the stuff when I was a kid with a go cart and it made it run faster....

iwashmycar · Oct 7, 2005

very interesting.....the melting plastics thing is kinda scary....but only 3oz to 10 gallons..that aint much. I dont see how it would melt anything (maybe). After all there are like 128oz in one gallon...i think. So you'd be adding 3 oz to 1280 oz.

Can you use 87????

MGD · Oct 7, 2005

Autobodypro_1 said:
All I can say is: I wouldn't do it on my car. Acetone can melt plastic parts like your fuel tank strainer giving you delivery problems and clogging your electric fuel pump and lines, leaving you stranded and it can melt plastic or rubber o rings elsewhere in your fuel system which by the way is under pressurization...can anyone say fire hazard....I think the miniscule increase in power and mileage aren't worth the risks...I played around with the stuff when I was a kid with a go cart and it made it run faster....

Good call, I don't know how many plastic pieces come into contact with fuel, but I don't want to find out the hard way. Newer and newer cars have so many electronics regulating fuel and engine performance, I wouldn't want to really mess with it. If it really did with no problems, wouldn't all the auto additive companies jump on the bandwagon?

I also wouldn't try it with consumer grade acetone, without knowing what manufacturing tolerances, purity, etc. before I dumped it into my tank. I would probably try it on my pocketbike first though, the engine's a lot cheaper to replace if something goes wrong

mr.b · Oct 7, 2005

i tried it in my honda and it worked. but the biggest increase in gas mileage for me was driving 5 mph under the speed limit everywhere and keeping it under 2000rpm everytime i take of. my car is rated at 28mpg and by doing this i got 31mpg on my last tank.

iwashmycar · Oct 9, 2005

i put it in....drove back up here to school....usually see round 150 to a half-tank (which is what it takes to get up here), but now it looked more like 175......i'll keep you posted...so far i think it is good, I just need to keep trying it so its not like something in my head or whatever lol

Bringitdown · Oct 9, 2005

I use it in my Intrepid, I've noticed an Increase in mpg.

Gas melts plastic too guys. Engineers realize this and they use treated plastics and rubbers anywhere that comes in contact with gas. Adding a dixie cup of acetone to your gas tank isn't going to change the corrosive ability of the mixture enough for you to see a difference.

Bottom line is that you're not adding enough acetone to really hurt anything.

bsedwebt70-5.0 · Oct 9, 2005

tried it - did not do anything - 20mpg in my 2001 4.0 4x4 ranger in mixed driving before and 20.3 or so mpg with it - in the range of error - I will not be trying it again.

mustangjoe87 · Oct 9, 2005

i heard about this about a month and a half ago, but i heard of much more significant gains, like the 15 mpg area, i dont know, i think ill just play it safe and not.

Look Its Aaron · Oct 10, 2005

bsedwebt70-5.0 said:
tried it - did not do anything - 20mpg in my 2001 4.0 4x4 ranger in mixed driving before and 20.3 or so mpg with it - in the range of error - I will not be trying it again.

How many ounces did you use to how many gallons?

v8only · Oct 10, 2005

posted this link to the king of all gas hogs, the 4x4 full size bronco board (i've got a 91) and some have tried, all with no results.

bsedwebt70-5.0 · Oct 10, 2005

Aaron - I used 6 MEASURED ounces to 20 MEASURED gallons of gas JUST as the web information suggested (3oz : 10gal) and I was sure to drive the vehicle on the SAME roads in the SAME manner as I usually do using the SAME gas station I always use. I do not dog my Ranger truck - it is a 2001 4.0L SOHC FI, Automatic Overdrive, 4x4 with 4.11 gears, Stock tires/wheels, K&N filter with 45k miles on it - BONE STOCK. I run 10w30 FULL synthetic motor oil and I have 40lbs tire pressure (checked regularly with never any variences) I have ALWAYS averaged 20mpg in standard use - I check it EVERY fill up with my cell phone calculator. I have gotten as little as 18.5mpg and as much as 25.5mpg in the past several years with it. I have found that I can increase my mileage by driving at a steady speed lower than the posted limit because the aerodynamics are brick-like. I even found that a recent mountain weekend getaway last month I got 23.7mpg up and down mountain roads in West Virginia as I was taking it easy on it - all this WITHOUT acetone. I was very disappointed to say the least with my acetone experience and I can say with experience that acetone DOES EAT PLASTIC!!!! I put it in a plastic measuing cup and as SOON as it touched it - POOF!!! it started to melt - needless to say you will have to use GLASS measuring cup with accurate markings to get any accuracy with this. Good luck to anyone trying this.....I hope it works better for you than me and does not mess up anything.

iwashmycar · Oct 15, 2005

Bringin this back again....

Ya...on that tank that I posted about ^^^^above I got an extra 50 or so miles...I'm a beleiver. The 300 miles a week I drive is almost religious, in that i take the same road I-71 and the traffic is always about the same. What I am saying is there is no way I simply drove it easier. I am going to go fill up again (I used like 1.5-2 oz. to my whole tank (15.4 gal i beleive))

-adam

DMAN302 · Oct 15, 2005

Look Its Aaron said:
How many ounces did you use to how many gallons?

Judging by how you snaped that torque box I think it's safe to assume MPG is not your reason for looking at this idea is it my man

iwashmycar · Nov 4, 2005

I'm bringing this thread back from the dead to finish it....

Acetone worked for me...I have gotten
30 to 40 more miles on a tank than I ever have. I was not simply driving it easier either. I also noticed other things such as a seemingly better idle. That is something I cannot "prove" though.

Basically it was good for about 2-3mpg for me.

-adam

luckythirteen13 · Nov 4, 2005

if you were to go to home depot, do you just ask for acetone or is there a product you have to buy that has it in it? what is acetone meant for?

RacEoHolic330 · Nov 4, 2005

home depot has 100% acetone on the shelf in the painting department. Acetone is the main ingredient in many paint thinners.

ECU5.0 · Nov 4, 2005

i just got done reading a little bit about acetone in the gas tank and a lot of people have had great results with it. most people that are in an area that have high levels of ethanol in the gas see very little if no improvement in gas mileage. so check to see if the gas you are using has ethanol in it or not. im gonna try it....i know of one gas station in town that has a label on the pump that says that the pump "may" dispense an E10 product. which has ethanol in it

Michael Yount · Nov 4, 2005

Google up guys - lots to read about; got it's start in diesel -- supposedly it reduces surface tension of the fuel allowing it to atomize more quickly and completely for better fuel distribution and burn. I don't know. But I'm planning on trying a couple of ounces before my next highway trip. I have a BUNCH of runs between Knoxville and Augusta in both cars, and know what kind of mileage they get over that route. Wife's car will knock down 39.5; mine - 26.5-26.8. We'll see if we can squeeze hers up over 40 or mine over 27. I've got some leftover acetone from re-creating my bumpers in fiberglass. (knocked 57 lbs. off the car)

Oh - mix the 2 ounces in with a gallon or two from your lawn mower gas can -- then dump that can in the car. That should keep the pure acetone from coming in contact with any part of the car.

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