I have improved my mileage by adding ACETONE
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Check the other threads on this topic. Others have had variable results. Myself, I have used it in my MSP for several months. Prior to using it I averaged about 340 km per tank, city driving. After adding acetone, I averaged 400 km per tank, city driving. I haven't used it for a while in the MSP because now my wife drives it. I also haven't tried it in my MS6 yet as I am establishing baseline mileage over the first few tankfuls.
I noticed a big change with mileage, driveability, and smoothness of idle.
R
I noticed a big change with mileage, driveability, and smoothness of idle.
R
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Why would oil companies want you to get more mileage & buy less gas????? Flip your logic 180 degrees then think again. Why don't carmakers build s*** to last more than 5 years????? Cause they can sell more cars more often. Same s*** different smell.............To answer the question of why automakers don't promote it would be because the oil companies & auto makers are both hand in hand jerking off the comsumers & lobbying in DC for their benefit not ours........DUH!
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According to the capitalism handbook, it is considered corporate suicide to promote products that decrease sales of your own products.
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paranoidxe said:
how could this be a placebo if people are actually watching there milage through each tank and such.... thats not a placebo thats direct results
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i12drivemyMP5 said:
which brings the question then why doesnt acetone promote its effectivness?
SkinnyJoint said:
it potentially has the risk of damaging parts...if it touches anything plastic it will destroy it over time. i think thats the only reason why its not promoted. but idk. anyone ever have any long terms effects of using acetone? by that i mean damage?
that and i totally agree with i12drivemymp5, what he said is very true. were just gettin jerked off by the oil industry and the car industry, its all about their profits. NC just added a 16 cent gas tax to all gas in the state, raising prices back to the $2.30 range, its bulls***, but its all about profit for the state
I firmly believe that acetone does absolutely nothing to gas mileage. I tried it in my old Jeep Cherokee and it the average increase in mileage over 10 tanks was non existant. According to my calculations, I averaged less than .5 mpg increase while using acetone. Statistically, that's no increase.
As for the placebo affect, you add something that is supposed to increase mileage, you monitor your mileage carefully for x number of tanks, slightly change your driving habits (even unintentially), and see an increase.
Let me see some blind testing and I may believe an increase, but I will never believe that mileage would increase by a drastic amount unless your engine was very dirty at the start of the test and the acetone cleaned out some of the deposits in your engine.
As for the placebo affect, you add something that is supposed to increase mileage, you monitor your mileage carefully for x number of tanks, slightly change your driving habits (even unintentially), and see an increase.
Let me see some blind testing and I may believe an increase, but I will never believe that mileage would increase by a drastic amount unless your engine was very dirty at the start of the test and the acetone cleaned out some of the deposits in your engine.
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it'll make the engine run way smoother
While I was at my mechanic's shop getting my exhaust worked on yesterday, I asked him about it. All he said was "don't, unless you want to come here more often". Acetone long term will damage plastic parts, like fuel pumps, regulators, injectors, etc over time.
I saw it posted on this page, but did not check the other million posts, but I would trust my mechanic.
I saw it posted on this page, but did not check the other million posts, but I would trust my mechanic.
I dunno...seems like a PITA to me for just a few more MPG. If you really want good mileage, buy a different car...the P5 isn't very frugal. I got the same mileage in my 94 325is and that weighed more and had much more power. I bought the P5 for different reasons.
Get a Civic VX.
Eric
Get a Civic VX.
Eric
I have been getting 40 miles to a gallon of gas only in the summer in a very hot weeks. I could not believe it but I did it. I was trying for a very long time to achieve this. I from the beginning got 34mpg. I thought it was impossible to get better than 34mpg. Since gas prices start going up, I have been driving below 60mph, very little almost none acceleration and I got 481miles from 11.9 gallon of 87octaneof gas (90%highway).
Acceleration is the key followed by hot air and speed of the car. My mileage start to go down when air temperature drops down. Winter is horrible for gas mileage ( Very Cold Air and different addictive in gasoline). I have CAI and I am sucking very cold air. I barley get 30 miles to a gallon in winter. That is a very big difference between 30 and 40 miles to a gallon of gas. That's why I took a chance to try acetone. And Acetone is definitely working for me. I did put some plastic in front of my air grids so my engine stays as warm as possible. I am not the only one on this forum who got 40 miles to a gallon in P5. One more thing (very important) I did broken in my car for quiet some time before pushing it.
Acceleration is the key followed by hot air and speed of the car. My mileage start to go down when air temperature drops down. Winter is horrible for gas mileage ( Very Cold Air and different addictive in gasoline). I have CAI and I am sucking very cold air. I barley get 30 miles to a gallon in winter. That is a very big difference between 30 and 40 miles to a gallon of gas. That's why I took a chance to try acetone. And Acetone is definitely working for me. I did put some plastic in front of my air grids so my engine stays as warm as possible. I am not the only one on this forum who got 40 miles to a gallon in P5. One more thing (very important) I did broken in my car for quiet some time before pushing it.
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Acetone cannot promote itself, it has no personality or marketing skills. Mechanics will not promote it since it does good things for the longevity of the vehicle which brings him less business. As for urban legends, here's some: Our government is looking after all of our best interests so WE may prosper beyond just paying taxes. Car companies care about you beyond the sale of their vehicles. Oil companies & government do nothing to kill alternate transportation technologies. Alchohol is a beneficial additive to gas powered vehicles. Ethanol is a viable alternative fuel especially since it takes more energy to produce than you get out of it & kills motors quicker. No one uses mental manipulation to get what they want........These just scratch the surface. Keep believing otherwise, they have you right where they want you. Who the hell would advertise their ulterior motives?
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If I really was growing-a-tumor worried about gas mileage then I would move closer to work, live in a shittier part of town & ride one of my 11 bicycles to work or put chainrings & pedals in the car after taking the motor out or just walk.
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paranoidxe said:
I agree.
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