I have improved my mileage by adding ACETONE

[FlyinMSP]

ok, I haven't butted in yet, because I didn't think it needed me stirring the pot as well...but exactly how does acetone affect shifting? Not trying to be an ass, but I don't see how putting this stuff in ur gas affects ur 1-2 shift....

Car doesn't hesitates as much while shifting (all shifts but it's more noticeable btw 1st and 2nd). Acetone is supposed to improve combustion that's why. (Someone did a test with emissions which backs that theory, it's in the other thread)
Fot the pple who say it could't possibly work, how do you know if you haven't tried it yourself??!!

 

[hex2bit]

i12drivemyMP5 is right about ethonal. It's bad for fuel, has no benefits, and takes more energy to make than gas. It has roughly half the BTU rating as gas... so unless it cost half as much, and is twice as clean, and take half the energy to produce, it's not worth it. Plus, it doesn't come from farmers here in the US like people think, much of it comes from other contries like europe.

 

[Jack Daniels]

Car doesn't hesitates as much while shifting (all shifts but it's more noticeable btw 1st and 2nd). Acetone is supposed to improve combustion that's why. (Someone did a test with emissions which backs that theory, it's in the other thread)
Fot the pple who say it could't possibly work, how do you know if you haven't tried it yourself??!!

I've seen a bunch of these theories come and go over the years. Yes, there may be some benefit to this in specific applications. Acetone or a chemical very similar is used in octane booster. However, in a vehicle that requires low octane fuel and with the range of base fuels across the country it's a very small chance that any improvements in mileage or performance would be noticed. Even if there were improvements, they would be very very small. Not in the neighborhood of 5mpg. No way.

Not to mention, if this were true, why on Earth would it be such a secret? I read car related boards and magazines daily.

 

[Revs]

So I attempted to try this out today. Went to CT and bought a funnel with a check valve in it so that I could measure 4oz in the funnel. Turns out this so called check valve leaks like a mofo and with the wind blowing trying to pour the acetone into the funnel just amounts to acetone all over the place.
Needless to say I never was able to get anything into the tank, didn't want to risk getting it all over the paint so I returned everything and called it a day. Oh and I could see the acetone was already causing the plastic funnel to distort as the plastic started to melt, ya not too good.
If someone can come up with some ingenious way to get the acetone into the tank effortlessly and without spillage I may try it again, but until then I'll live with my current MPG.

 

[maxek]

Why don't you guys read articles on smartgas.net???
Here it is one of them:
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[font=Arial,Helvetica]Subject: Tips for Economy (Methods for Great Mileage.)[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica]Author: Louis LaPointe[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica]Date: May 11, 2004[/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica]Significantly Improved Mileage:[/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]1. Big Oil and the American Car Manufacturers and others do NOT want you to get good mileage. They will strongly object to the following extraordinary techniques. They have a huge vested interest in keeping mileage low in order to stay rich and get richer--at your expense. The following secrets are now yours. Conservation is the key to our Nation surviving the fuel shortages that are coming. Actually they are already here. It is becoming common knowledge that state governments are hesitant to improve mileage because the less gasoline your car guzzles, the less tax money the government collects. That makes government part of the problem.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]2. Two ounces of acetone per ten gallons of diesel fuel will greatly reduce soot and improve fuel mileage an average of 10-25 percent. You notice a gain in smoothness and performance. Acetone does help to make alcohol fuels more combustible by absorbing the water content that inevitably accompanies alcohol. In cold weather you may encounter wax or icy crystals of paraffin in your diesel fuel that can stop your engine. Acetone helps to keep the wax suspended in solution. See the graph on acetone use. Never use clear plastic bottles to hold gasoline or acetone. Use the ONYX 16 oz. pure acetone bottles from Walgreens or CVS. But never use acetone that contains benzoate, an ester that inhibits vaporization.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]3. Two to four ounces of acetone added into 10 gallons of gasoline will increase mileage about 25-percent or more. Your MPG will increase and performance too. You can expect a smoother running engine to last longer by obtaining better vaporization and mileage. Those little ounces reduce the amount of unburned fuel to near zero thereby saving rings and walls. Please use a small 2 or 4 oz. stainless measuring cup and long ATF funnel to protect your paint. We buy the Sunnyside brand of acetone in hardware stores such as Wal-Mart, K-mart, Menards or Ace. It comes in quart and gallon cans. The quart cans are easy to pour. [/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]4. Only one unique oil in the world actually brings engine friction nearly to zero. That truly high performance oil comes from a small company in Santa Fe Springs, California called Torco International whose wensite is TorcoUSA.com. We recommend their MPZ oils and additives in all climates all year. We get it in 5-gallon pails. We use their motorcycle and diesel oils in every kind of car and truck. You can expect a 15 to 30-percent boost in mileage with all piston engines in cars, trucks, motorcycles, aircraft and heavy equipment. Plus greatly improved life of the parts. NEVER use 5W-30 or 5W-20 oil because it is closer to a grinding compound than a lubricant. We always add Torco MPZ Magnetic Friction Reducer and a bottle of EAL Engine Assembly Lube every oil change. Torco Oil is available at low cost from motorcycle-superstore.com with free shipment. Specifically, we use these petroeum base MPZ petroleum based products: 15W-40 Super Diesel or 20W-50 T-4M motorcycle BUT only ONE bottle of 20W-50 synthetic. Just one quart of the synthetic per oil change. The rest is all Torco petroleum oil. Take your pick of these outstanding quality lubricants. We use a 12 oz. bottle of Torco EAL and a 12 oz. of Magnetic Friction Reducer per oil change for the greatest possible MPG in any vehicle.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]5. Disconnect your battery for one hour to reset your car's computer, then reset your clock. This gives the computer a chance to adjust itself to your current engine configuration for best efficiency. Do this especially after tuning the engine or making a siginficant change.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]6. Use NGK V-Power spark plugs because they have a proper resistance level that will not short out the high voltage secondary during moist or very cold weather. Avoid platinum or palladium plugs. Other plugs (Champion or AC) have way excessive resistance. Set the gap to .025 for best results for most cars. Too wide a gap causes a needless waste of amperage. The milliamps actually fire the mixture rather than the voltage. You cannot believe all the popular hype about VOLTAGE. But be certain your plug wires or cables are perfect. Replace them if they are over 10 years old. Bad cables will cause missing and poor MPG. Some plugs that come set at .060 can be reduced to .045.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]7. Install new oil filter, air filter and fuel filter from Baldwin Filters because they appear to have the very finest filters (fiberglass material) available anywhere for cars, trucks and luxury cars. Cleaner oil certainly delivers better mileage. Baldwin Filters are available from Peterbilt Truck shops or Associated Diesel adiesel.com. We use the B2-HPG filter in an amazing number of cars such as Ford, Chrysler and Mazda products with the 16x3/4 thread size. Look for the biggest filter that will fit your engine having the same thread dimensions. [/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]8. Avoid ordinary oil labeled with the latest API specs of SJ or SL. These have very low additive content. Use motorcycle oil with the old specs of SF, SG or SH for better additive content. It happens that motorcycle oils and diesel oils are exempt from the newest stupid changes that reduce the important additive content.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]9. Use larger than standard tires. I usually drive on one-size bigger tires. This is better in winter and normally yields better mileage all year around. Yokohama tires give great traction in winter. My Neon had bad traction until I bought these tires plus they are nice and quiet.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]10. Replace your thermostat with a new one that is 195 degrees because a hotter engine has better efficiency and lasts longer. NEVER use a cold thermostat setting. The good additives in the oil are not triggered unless the oil reaches the proper running temperature. This will boost your mileage for sure due to improved Thermal Efficiency with a warmer coolant temperature. Your ScanGauge can reveal your exact engine coolant temperature.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]11. Perhaps you still have a carburetor or you own a beautiful antique automobile. I often soldered or plugged the power value shut in many kinds of carburetors to prevent enriching the fuel mixture. Sometimes the carbs flooded frequently until this fix. Especially when I ran multiple carb combinations. The problem was the power value picked up vibrations from the engine and opened when it was supposed to stay closed. This killed mileage and wasted lots of gas. The plugs would come out black with soot. So please do it. You will likely not even notice anything except smoother operation, better acceleration, a lower gas expense and improved mileage.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica]12. Watch carefully for signs on the gas pumps warning the fuel contains alcohol. Ten-percent ethanol is common but not all stations contain that much. Not all stations carry a sign on their pumps. Some only have 3 or 5-percent to keep their customers happy regardless of the laws. Some have none. But the ones that warn you of ten-percent or HIGHER, go somewhere else. And test all the stations in your area to be sure and use the best one. They certainly vary a lot. In general, the less alcohol, the better your MPG.[/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica]13. Good gas can be obtained from Cenex or Texaco or Chevron stations or from Wal-Mart stations in your area. Other stations do not usually sell high mileage gasoline. Watch out for high alcohol content. You still should test the gas because there is no way to be sure except by careful and consistent MPG testing. You cannot mix gasolines and be sure of results. It takes about five tanks of ONE fuel to gain accurate results. We like Cenex gasoline in Wisconsin because it does NOT contain alcohol and MPG is a healthy 30-percent better. For the past five years these stations have given me bad or poor mileage in my cars: Some Shell, all SA, Marathon, Ashland and Holiday (BluePlanet in particular)--apparently due to high ethanol content. My 1986 GMC died 20 miles after my son inadvertently filled it with BluePlanet. The new tank (only two weeks old) had to be removed and cleaned out. The fuel filter was replaced and the gas lines blown out. Only after this work and putting in Texaco gasoline, did the car run again. The trouble with ethanol is it attracts water and water acts like a fire extinguisher in the combustion chamber. Not to mention the rust and corrosion problems alcohol causes in outboards and snow blowers. If some moron tells you water should be run with your gasoline, walk away.[/font]

<SMALL><SMALL>[font=Arial,Helvetica]14. There is a great little device available to check your exact gas mileage and more. See ScanGauge.com for a very timely instrument that fits most cars 1995 or newer. My 1995 Neon has one and I often see average readings above 50 MPG. My 1995 Mazda has one and the best MPG on that pickup was 41 coming back from Canada on gas without ethanol. You get to see your real-time MPG, inlet temperature, water temp and many more details as you drive. This inexpensive tool should end a lot of debate over what works for mileage and what does not. A steady 50 MPH offers the best average MPG test range on the TRIP setting. But MPG is only one of the data the ScanGauge can tell you about your engine performance on either gasoline or diesel fuel..[/font]</SMALL></SMALL>

<SMALL><SMALL>[font=Arial,Helvetica]15. Empty your car's trunk. Some people carry hundreds of pounds of junk in the trunk out of convenience. All that weight is costing you a fortune week after week. Put it someplace else. Save yourself from wasting fuel. It's harder on your transmission and engine to carry it around needlessly.[/font]</SMALL></SMALL>

<SMALL><SMALL>[font=Arial,Helvetica]16. Bump your engine timing by five degrees. This brings a BIG improvement to power and economy. You MPG will go up and the car will start easier and run better. The factory timing is deliberately late in nearly all engines. Your car computer needs a tool like an NGS StarTester to alter the timing. This tool is a Ford item from Rotunda. This trick WILL improve emissions as well as mileage because any improvement to MPG will reduce total emissions as well. We are further working to allow changes be made easily to car computers via a laptop and will reveal that info to the public soon.[/font]</SMALL></SMALL>

<SMALL><SMALL>[font=Arial,Helvetica]17. There is talk about whether we get better MPG with a tank that is filled when it gets half empty versus when it gets near empty and needs to refill. Keeping the tank more full prevents air from entering into the tank space. The less air in the tank is good for one main reason. It reduces the water in the air from getting into the gas. The fuel filter may need to be changed if you notice a difference. The fuel pump is more efficient when the tank is full. I have done it both ways for long periods. I usually refill when my tank is half empty. It costs less too. And acetone always makes the water content in the gasoline less noticable in terms of better MPG and smoother operation.[/font]</SMALL></SMALL>

<SMALL><SMALL>[font=Arial,Helvetica]18. We suggest keeping a new fuel filter in your car. If the fuel filter is more that five years old, buy a new one. A slightly plugged filter will affect the mixture and usually lowers the MPG. A full tank has a higher head and makes the job of the fuel pump easier. Let an expert do this job. Fuel filters need to be changed about every 15 to 25,000 miles but people drive much longer that that before the poor filter gets replaced.[/font]</SMALL></SMALL>

<SMALL><SMALL>[font=Arial,Helvetica]19. To seal maximum warmth inside the exhaust pipe, insulation in the form of Reynolds Aluminum Foil is employed by us to insulate the oxygen sensor. We wrap three inches in front and three inches after the sensor to keep it much warmer. We double a one-foot section of foil to wrap that around the pipe and around the sensor itself. Do not remove the sensor. Then we repeat the process four more times per each sensor. Finally we use .030" copper or aluminum wire to wind around the aluminum foil about one-inch apart to keep it from blowing away and be sealed against water. The wire comes from any welding supply. The goal is to fool the car's computer into sensing too rich a mixture so it adjusts with a slightly leaner mixture and possibly a slight advance in timing. The end result is smoother engine operation and better MPG. This trick is especially important in severe winter climates. [/font]</SMALL></SMALL>

[font=Arial,Helvetica]20 [/font]The car computer system reads engine vacuum and the throttle position sensor as you drive. The less you depress the throttle, the less fuel is sent to the injectors. The higher your manifold vacuum, the less fuel is received by the engine. When you have a ScanGauge on your car, you soon see that backing off the accelerator while going down a slight hill sends the ScanGauge an immediate reading over 100 MPG. Of course this is averaged into the overall reading on trip setting. But the immediate reading shows a huge MPG reading during this condition. Do not put the car into neutral. Just try to keep your foot off the accelerator as much as you can and still maintain a reasonable speed. Make it a habit. It helps to have a vacuum gauge on your dash.

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]The author knows it is a trivial thing to obtain great mileage. He has done it over and over for 50 years by many different methods. The honest tips above could DOUBLE your mileage. These are really valuable hints in these difficult days of bad gasoline.[/size][/font]

​

 

[Jack Daniels]

I need to put on my tinfoil hat before going to smartgas.net if that article represents the contents of the site. There's a little bit of good advice in that article, but the majority is BS.

Why don't you guys read articles on smartgas.net???
Here it is one of them:



[font=Arial,Helvetica]Subject: Tips for Economy (Methods for Great Mileage.)[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica]Author: Louis LaPointe[/font]
[font=Arial,Helvetica]Date: May 11, 2004[/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica]Significantly Improved Mileage:[/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]1. Big Oil and the American Car Manufacturers and others do NOT want you to get good mileage. They will strongly object to the following extraordinary techniques. They have a huge vested interest in keeping mileage low in order to stay rich and get richer--at your expense. The following secrets are now yours. Conservation is the key to our Nation surviving the fuel shortages that are coming. Actually they are already here. It is becoming common knowledge that state governments are hesitant to improve mileage because the less gasoline your car guzzles, the less tax money the government collects. That makes government part of the problem.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]2. Two ounces of acetone per ten gallons of diesel fuel will greatly reduce soot and improve fuel mileage an average of 10-25 percent. You notice a gain in smoothness and performance. Acetone does help to make alcohol fuels more combustible by absorbing the water content that inevitably accompanies alcohol. In cold weather you may encounter wax or icy crystals of paraffin in your diesel fuel that can stop your engine. Acetone helps to keep the wax suspended in solution. See the graph on acetone use. Never use clear plastic bottles to hold gasoline or acetone. Use the ONYX 16 oz. pure acetone bottles from Walgreens or CVS. But never use acetone that contains benzoate, an ester that inhibits vaporization.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]3. Two to four ounces of acetone added into 10 gallons of gasoline will increase mileage about 25-percent or more. Your MPG will increase and performance too. You can expect a smoother running engine to last longer by obtaining better vaporization and mileage. Those little ounces reduce the amount of unburned fuel to near zero thereby saving rings and walls. Please use a small 2 or 4 oz. stainless measuring cup and long ATF funnel to protect your paint. We buy the Sunnyside brand of acetone in hardware stores such as Wal-Mart, K-mart, Menards or Ace. It comes in quart and gallon cans. The quart cans are easy to pour. [/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]4. Only one unique oil in the world actually brings engine friction nearly to zero. That truly high performance oil comes from a small company in Santa Fe Springs, California called Torco International whose wensite is TorcoUSA.com. We recommend their MPZ oils and additives in all climates all year. We get it in 5-gallon pails. We use their motorcycle and diesel oils in every kind of car and truck. You can expect a 15 to 30-percent boost in mileage with all piston engines in cars, trucks, motorcycles, aircraft and heavy equipment. Plus greatly improved life of the parts. NEVER use 5W-30 or 5W-20 oil because it is closer to a grinding compound than a lubricant. We always add Torco MPZ Magnetic Friction Reducer and a bottle of EAL Engine Assembly Lube every oil change. Torco Oil is available at low cost from motorcycle-superstore.com with free shipment. Specifically, we use these petroeum base MPZ petroleum based products: 15W-40 Super Diesel or 20W-50 T-4M motorcycle BUT only ONE bottle of 20W-50 synthetic. Just one quart of the synthetic per oil change. The rest is all Torco petroleum oil. Take your pick of these outstanding quality lubricants. We use a 12 oz. bottle of Torco EAL and a 12 oz. of Magnetic Friction Reducer per oil change for the greatest possible MPG in any vehicle.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]5. Disconnect your battery for one hour to reset your car's computer, then reset your clock. This gives the computer a chance to adjust itself to your current engine configuration for best efficiency. Do this especially after tuning the engine or making a siginficant change.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]6. Use NGK V-Power spark plugs because they have a proper resistance level that will not short out the high voltage secondary during moist or very cold weather. Avoid platinum or palladium plugs. Other plugs (Champion or AC) have way excessive resistance. Set the gap to .025 for best results for most cars. Too wide a gap causes a needless waste of amperage. The milliamps actually fire the mixture rather than the voltage. You cannot believe all the popular hype about VOLTAGE. But be certain your plug wires or cables are perfect. Replace them if they are over 10 years old. Bad cables will cause missing and poor MPG. Some plugs that come set at .060 can be reduced to .045.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]7. Install new oil filter, air filter and fuel filter from Baldwin Filters because they appear to have the very finest filters (fiberglass material) available anywhere for cars, trucks and luxury cars. Cleaner oil certainly delivers better mileage. Baldwin Filters are available from Peterbilt Truck shops or Associated Diesel adiesel.com. We use the B2-HPG filter in an amazing number of cars such as Ford, Chrysler and Mazda products with the 16x3/4 thread size. Look for the biggest filter that will fit your engine having the same thread dimensions. [/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]8. Avoid ordinary oil labeled with the latest API specs of SJ or SL. These have very low additive content. Use motorcycle oil with the old specs of SF, SG or SH for better additive content. It happens that motorcycle oils and diesel oils are exempt from the newest stupid changes that reduce the important additive content.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]9. Use larger than standard tires. I usually drive on one-size bigger tires. This is better in winter and normally yields better mileage all year around. Yokohama tires give great traction in winter. My Neon had bad traction until I bought these tires plus they are nice and quiet.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]10. Replace your thermostat with a new one that is 195 degrees because a hotter engine has better efficiency and lasts longer. NEVER use a cold thermostat setting. The good additives in the oil are not triggered unless the oil reaches the proper running temperature. This will boost your mileage for sure due to improved Thermal Efficiency with a warmer coolant temperature. Your ScanGauge can reveal your exact engine coolant temperature.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]11. Perhaps you still have a carburetor or you own a beautiful antique automobile. I often soldered or plugged the power value shut in many kinds of carburetors to prevent enriching the fuel mixture. Sometimes the carbs flooded frequently until this fix. Especially when I ran multiple carb combinations. The problem was the power value picked up vibrations from the engine and opened when it was supposed to stay closed. This killed mileage and wasted lots of gas. The plugs would come out black with soot. So please do it. You will likely not even notice anything except smoother operation, better acceleration, a lower gas expense and improved mileage.[/size][/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica]12. Watch carefully for signs on the gas pumps warning the fuel contains alcohol. Ten-percent ethanol is common but not all stations contain that much. Not all stations carry a sign on their pumps. Some only have 3 or 5-percent to keep their customers happy regardless of the laws. Some have none. But the ones that warn you of ten-percent or HIGHER, go somewhere else. And test all the stations in your area to be sure and use the best one. They certainly vary a lot. In general, the less alcohol, the better your MPG.[/font]

[font=Arial,Helvetica]13. Good gas can be obtained from Cenex or Texaco or Chevron stations or from Wal-Mart stations in your area. Other stations do not usually sell high mileage gasoline. Watch out for high alcohol content. You still should test the gas because there is no way to be sure except by careful and consistent MPG testing. You cannot mix gasolines and be sure of results. It takes about five tanks of ONE fuel to gain accurate results. We like Cenex gasoline in Wisconsin because it does NOT contain alcohol and MPG is a healthy 30-percent better. For the past five years these stations have given me bad or poor mileage in my cars: Some Shell, all SA, Marathon, Ashland and Holiday (BluePlanet in particular)--apparently due to high ethanol content. My 1986 GMC died 20 miles after my son inadvertently filled it with BluePlanet. The new tank (only two weeks old) had to be removed and cleaned out. The fuel filter was replaced and the gas lines blown out. Only after this work and putting in Texaco gasoline, did the car run again. The trouble with ethanol is it attracts water and water acts like a fire extinguisher in the combustion chamber. Not to mention the rust and corrosion problems alcohol causes in outboards and snow blowers. If some moron tells you water should be run with your gasoline, walk away.[/font]

<small><small>[font=Arial,Helvetica]14. There is a great little device available to check your exact gas mileage and more. See ScanGauge.com for a very timely instrument that fits most cars 1995 or newer. My 1995 Neon has one and I often see average readings above 50 MPG. My 1995 Mazda has one and the best MPG on that pickup was 41 coming back from Canada on gas without ethanol. You get to see your real-time MPG, inlet temperature, water temp and many more details as you drive. This inexpensive tool should end a lot of debate over what works for mileage and what does not. A steady 50 MPH offers the best average MPG test range on the TRIP setting. But MPG is only one of the data the ScanGauge can tell you about your engine performance on either gasoline or diesel fuel..[/font]</small></small>

<small><small>[font=Arial,Helvetica]15. Empty your car's trunk. Some people carry hundreds of pounds of junk in the trunk out of convenience. All that weight is costing you a fortune week after week. Put it someplace else. Save yourself from wasting fuel. It's harder on your transmission and engine to carry it around needlessly.[/font]</small></small>

<small><small>[font=Arial,Helvetica]16. Bump your engine timing by five degrees. This brings a BIG improvement to power and economy. You MPG will go up and the car will start easier and run better. The factory timing is deliberately late in nearly all engines. Your car computer needs a tool like an NGS StarTester to alter the timing. This tool is a Ford item from Rotunda. This trick WILL improve emissions as well as mileage because any improvement to MPG will reduce total emissions as well. We are further working to allow changes be made easily to car computers via a laptop and will reveal that info to the public soon.[/font]</small></small>

<small><small>[font=Arial,Helvetica]17. There is talk about whether we get better MPG with a tank that is filled when it gets half empty versus when it gets near empty and needs to refill. Keeping the tank more full prevents air from entering into the tank space. The less air in the tank is good for one main reason. It reduces the water in the air from getting into the gas. The fuel filter may need to be changed if you notice a difference. The fuel pump is more efficient when the tank is full. I have done it both ways for long periods. I usually refill when my tank is half empty. It costs less too. And acetone always makes the water content in the gasoline less noticable in terms of better MPG and smoother operation.[/font]</small></small>

<small><small>[font=Arial,Helvetica]18. We suggest keeping a new fuel filter in your car. If the fuel filter is more that five years old, buy a new one. A slightly plugged filter will affect the mixture and usually lowers the MPG. A full tank has a higher head and makes the job of the fuel pump easier. Let an expert do this job. Fuel filters need to be changed about every 15 to 25,000 miles but people drive much longer that that before the poor filter gets replaced.[/font]</small></small>

<small><small>[font=Arial,Helvetica]19. To seal maximum warmth inside the exhaust pipe, insulation in the form of Reynolds Aluminum Foil is employed by us to insulate the oxygen sensor. We wrap three inches in front and three inches after the sensor to keep it much warmer. We double a one-foot section of foil to wrap that around the pipe and around the sensor itself. Do not remove the sensor. Then we repeat the process four more times per each sensor. Finally we use .030" copper or aluminum wire to wind around the aluminum foil about one-inch apart to keep it from blowing away and be sealed against water. The wire comes from any welding supply. The goal is to fool the car's computer into sensing too rich a mixture so it adjusts with a slightly leaner mixture and possibly a slight advance in timing. The end result is smoother engine operation and better MPG. This trick is especially important in severe winter climates. [/font]</small></small>

[font=Arial,Helvetica]20 [/font]The car computer system reads engine vacuum and the throttle position sensor as you drive. The less you depress the throttle, the less fuel is sent to the injectors. The higher your manifold vacuum, the less fuel is received by the engine. When you have a ScanGauge on your car, you soon see that backing off the accelerator while going down a slight hill sends the ScanGauge an immediate reading over 100 MPG. Of course this is averaged into the overall reading on trip setting. But the immediate reading shows a huge MPG reading during this condition. Do not put the car into neutral. Just try to keep your foot off the accelerator as much as you can and still maintain a reasonable speed. Make it a habit. It helps to have a vacuum gauge on your dash.

[font=Arial,Helvetica][size=-1]The author knows it is a trivial thing to obtain great mileage. He has done it over and over for 50 years by many different methods. The honest tips above could DOUBLE your mileage. These are really valuable hints in these difficult days of bad gasoline.[/size][/font]

​

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Hmmmm.....jack daniels....alchohol.....He works for the ethanol industry!.....I sir, will not purchase your corn.....

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

Except when it comes from oak barrels in a clear glass bottle with black labels.....

 

[Jack Daniels]

Jack Daniels is a good additive. (yes)

Except when it comes from oak barrels in a clear glass bottle with black labels.....

 

[i12drivemyMP5]

the car will have none...IT'S ALL FOR ME!...oh sorry, the car's under age.

 

[p5T]

Craziest thread ever!!!

To think people that live in northern states don't know that in the winter all Gas is 10% Alcohol...(which is why your mileage goes down in the winter!!!)(it takes 2x the BTU's from alcohol to equal gasoline) Commonly refered to as winter- blend and Gov mandated, to keep ground tanks from freezing and cracking...

If it works, more power to you.. for me it's not worth my time to try it...

Toluene on the other hand.... (thumb)

 

[Revs]

Craziest thread ever!!!

To think people that live in northern states don't know that in the winter all Gas is 10% Alcohol...(which is why your mileage goes down in the winter!!!)(it takes 2x the BTU's from alcohol to equal gasoline) Commonly refered to as winter- blend and Gov mandated, to keep ground tanks from freezing and cracking...

If it works, more power to you.. for me it's not worth my time to try it...

Toluene on the other hand.... (thumb)

Its called E-10, ethanol enhanced gasoline. All the reports I have read state an average of 2% decrease in MPG, but the emissions are lower, thats why they add the ethanol, not for winter, but for emissions.Also this 10% ethanol gas has 95% the BTU's of 100% gasoline, so the performance lose is minimal and probably not even noticeable.

Our mileage goes down in the winter because the air is colder which means its much more dense, because the air is much more dense it requires more fuel. And this so called winter gas is used yearround, many gas companies now use 10% ethanol (alcohol) in their gas all the time.
Only reason I can think of them calling it winter gas is that alcohol absorbs water, this will obviously help prevent frozen fuel lines. The alcohol absorbs the water and just carries it through the system.

 

[Revs]

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive#Ford

Forgot to add this, has some good reports from people who have tried this.

 

[redpr5]

I stopped doing it simply because I'm to lazy to go buy something that won't melt to use to add the acetone to my tank each time.

i take it youre using a plastic funnel? if so then is that not proof enough that acetone destroys plastic...now think...why would i want to put this in my car

 

[Revs]

i take it youre using a plastic funnel? if so then is that not proof enough that acetone destroys plastic...now think...why would i want to put this in my car

concentrated acetone is will melt plastic easily, but when its in your gas it is diluted to 0.002%, hardly enough to damage fuel system parts.

 

[worker_robot]

won't straight gasoline melt certain types of plastic as well?

 

[Cellerator]

our milleage may go down in the winter but down here where it's cold and no snow, it's more fun for my car and I. Feels perkier than on a hot summer day.

 

[Jack Daniels]

Hmmm.. I wonder if any of those fuel system components are plastic... (wink)

 

[Mmmmmken]

I'm done with this thread... if you wanna put the stuff in, go for it. I'll stay with what I know.

 

[maxek]

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Acura

• Acetone in Acura Integra '92 Fuel Drops Mileage by 1.1% (http://pesn.com/2005/03/25/6900071_Acura_Acetone/) - Four runs of ~100 miles, two without acetone, two with, did not yield increased mileage as expected, but a slight decrease. Ratio may be too rich. (PESN; March 25, 2005)

Chevrolet

Acetone in a Blazer - Initial findings by "burntkat": modest mileage improvement, exhaust odor gone, better idle.

• Chevy K5 Blazer 1986 - went from 11 mpg to 15 mpg using 2 oz / 10 gal. (Nov. 16, 2005)
• 1986 Chev Blazer S-10 - Harold from Sulley BC improves mileage an performance by adding 1-2 oz acetone/10 gal. (July 22, 2005)
• 1994 Chevy Suburban - report that 3.5 oz per 10 gallons led to 20%+ DROP in fuel economy. One test only. Could have been measurement error.
• '83 S10 2.8 6 Cyl. ~90K Miles. After tune up (plugs, filters, gumout, synth oil, rebuilt carb, etc.) 15 MPG average. 3 oz. / 10 gal = 13 mpg - 2 oz. / 10 gal = 13.5 - 1 oz / 10 gal = 18 mpg. Refining concentrations between 1 and 2 oz. for testing for further increases.
• 1992 Suburban ---PreAcetone | 178518.5 Mileage 295.3 Trip, Consumed 22.694 Gallons 87 Octane, Mileage 13.012 MPG.

1. Acetone 2.5 per 10 gallons Gasoline | 178728.6 Mileage 210.1 Trip, Consumed 15.251 Gallons 87 Octane, Mileage 13.776 MPG, 5.8% increase.
2. Acetone 2.5 per 10 gallons Gasoline | ##### IN PROGRESS ####The above was done in Orlando, Florida, September 2005. 50:50 Mix of Highway/City driving. Average Ambient Temperature 88o F.

Chrysler

Acetone in Two Chrysler Jeeps - Initial findings by "burntkat": modest mileage improvement, exhaust odor gone, better idle.
2002 Sebring Convertible - Generally better performance...1st try, 1oz to 10 gallons no mileage increase (27 mpg), 2nd try 3 oz to 10 gallons, mileage decrease (22 mpg), 3rd try was 3 oz to 10 gallons and no mileage increase (27 mpg)...will keep trying. Car typically gets 27 mpg without Acetone. (Oct. 17, 2005)

Dodge

A member of the Chrysler Group
Long-term Use of Acetone in Dodge Caravan V6 - General increase in mileage with addition of 4 oz per 10 gallons. Test reports of acetone effect on fuel-line components. (by Dave Narby)
M.R.'s Report on 96 Dodge Grand Caravan - At a ratio of 2.8oz. per 10 gallons of premium gasoline, I have enjoyed a 12mpg increase in efficiency in my Dodge Grand Caravan. (April 4, 2005)
"rface" Reports on Acetone - Plans to try it on 1993 Dodge Spirit.

Ford

Ford Aspire 1996 1.3L 2 door - Performance appears to be good. Note some oil leaking. -- Evans N. (Commenced Dec. 2005)
Ford Escort 1994 wagon - mileage and performance improvements noted by Ray (Sept. 11, 2005)
Ford Escort GT 1994 1.8L 2 door - 4+ refills using acteone, then switched back to plain gasoline. Idle went from 1400-1700rpm down to ~1200 rpm(using the acetone once again). With a hole in the exaust under the engine, the noise was noticably lower, and acceleration was vastly improved when in first and second gear, and engine braking sounded smoother Overall, ~27MPG using a 3oz per full tank ratio. (GT engine, manual transmission, NO use of the third gear, highway driving) 5spd. -- Scott B. (Nov. 11, 2005)
Ford Escort 1998 2.0L 4 door - Over 2,000 miles with acetone so far. Went from an average of 270 (was impossible to go over 300) miles out of 10.5 gallon tank to an average of 330, and a record of 363 by using 3 oz of acetone. Same if not worse driving habbits (gotta love the improved acceleration). I will never drive without acetone again. -- Alex K.
Ford Explorer 1996 report by "rface" - goes from 16.7 to 20 mph with 3 oz / 10 gallon mix.
Ford F150 1995 - I have a Ford F150 with a 5.8 liter. V8 Truck has approximately 157,000 miles on the odometer. I have run the acetone test with the following results while using 2 oz. per ten gallons normally I get about 220 miles per 17 gal. tank. With the addition of acetone the mileage has gone up to 248 per 17 ga. tank. The acceleration is improved and morning start up is almost instant. -- Scott. 10/27/05
Ford F150 2004 - 16-17 mpg hwy before; 22-24 mpg hwy after; running for about 6 months, since Apr/May 2005; have been telling all my family and friends about acetone and the Scan Gauge (http://www.pureenergysystems.com/store/ScanGauge). -- Ferrell Beaird <HCC{AT}VALORNET.COM>(Jan. 6, 2006)
Ford F-250 2002 report by NRG-wise - Powerstroke Tests; still testing, but so far a loss in mileage for Diesel; black smoke has gone away. (Updated 05/05/05)
Ford Ranger report by Sentzmastersmith - Initial findings from adding 2 oz / 10 gallon ratio: increased power, better idle, better shifting. (March 26, 2005)
25.5% increase in mileage in Ford Ranger 4x4 Extreme with acetone added in ratio of 2 onces per 10 gallons. (March 27, 2005)
Ford Ranger 4x4 Extreme: increase by 32% at 2.5 oz/10gal. (April 9)
Ford T-bird, 1988 report by "Hello World" - mileage increases 18%; 2001 Chevy Tahoe increases 6%; using 2.5oz acetone per 10 gal fuel. (March 31, 2005)
Ford Windstar 2002 - T. Cole says acetone improved his gas miliage over 3.7 m.p.g. with 3 oz. acetone to 10 gallons of gasoline. (Sept. 8, 2005)
Ford Escape, 2002 report by "Nieking" - mileage decreased by 1-2 MPG using 2.0oz acetone per 10 gal fuel. I believed it is the additives in the Cali. gas that prevents benificial results. I have a buddy with the same vehicle in South Carolina who got a significant increase in MPG. (November, 2005)
Honda

Honda Accord Wagon 1996 - Bill reports 22% increase in mileage with 3.5 oz acetone per 10 gallons; smoother performance
Honda Accord Sedan 1992 - Currently testing on 160,000 miles, fresh oil change, 2 oz in 12 gallons, 320 miles on a normal tank
Honda Civic Hatchback 1991 - Don from SLC reports substantial mileage and performance improvements in his Civic, using 1 oz acetone / 10 gallons gasoline. (July 12, 2005)
Honda del Sol 1994Si - Steven reports a 20% increase in mileage with 2 oz acetone per 10 gallons; slight increase in performance to. I travel 150 miles a day to and from work. I definately have enjoyed this decrease in gas spending. (Sept. 9 2005)
Honda Element 2003 - please3mta3 reports modest increase in mileage. (Aug. 20, 2005)
Honda Odyssey 2000 - Pascal reports improved mileage and performance. (Aug. 31, 2005)
Honda Pilot 2004 - AWD 3.5 v-6. Preliminary report from just miles since adding acetone; reports mileage going from 20 to 25 mpg with mixture of 3 oz per 10 gallons of fuel; significant increase in horsepower.

Lexus

Lexus GS 430 - City driving showed a 1.2 mpg increase...less than 10% increase. Highway at 80 mph went from 17.5 to 20.3 mpg -- better than city. I'm using 3oz / 10 gal premium. (Sept. 30, 2005)

Mitsubishi

Jim Bolf's Dodge Ram (Mitsubishi) - Mileage went from 24 mpg to 28.5 mpg using 3 oz per 10 gal. acetone over 1800 miles. Notes better idle, engine running smoother. (May 24, 2005)
Nissan

1996 Sentra - Increased mileage , better performance, at 3 oz / 10 gal.
Pontiac

Sentzmastersmith's Acetone Report - Initial findings from adding 2 oz / 10 gallon ratio: increased power, better idle, better shifting. (March 26, 2005)
Pontiac 95 Bonneville: mixed extents of increased mileage; better at 2.5 oz than 2 oz/10gal. (April 9, 2005)
M.R.'s Report on 95 Pontiac Bonneville - At a ratio of 2.8oz. per 10 gallons of premium gasoline, Bonneville increased by 10mpg. (April 4, 2005)
1984 Pontiac Parisian - More miles per gallon, and "takes off like a rocket."
Nissan March, 1998 - Julius Huang reports improved performance. (Nov. 30, 2005)
Subaru

Bill Milo's Subaru Legacy - Mileage went from 24 mpg to 29.5 mpg using 3 oz per 10 gal. acetone over 1800 miles. Notes better idle, engine running smoother. (May 22, 2005)
Toyota

Toyota Corolla 1999 - Mileage up by more than 10%; performance increase noted. Report from Manila, Phillippines.
Toyota Cressida 1988 - 1988 Toyota Cressida, 5M-GE, 2.8L, I6, automatic. Slight power increase...probably from cleaning effects. mileage decreased proportional to acetone %. (Oct-Nov 2005)
Toyota Highlander 2003 - Mileage up between 10% - 15% (Dec - 2005)
Toyota Matrix - Tom Sarsfield reports essentially 'no change' over consistent route. (Nov. 5, 2005)
"Pretty hard to believe that only 2-3 oz. of Acetone could have such a dramatic effect, but my mileage on my Prius went from 43 mpg to over 54 mpg, on the same tank of gas!" (J.; March 21, 2005)
"Still getting about 15-20% improvement in my Prius Mileage w/Acetone" (J; April 6, 2005)
"Great results in my Prius which is currently in the Tour de Sol Rally. Will post data next week." (J; May 13, 2005)"Still havent finished the Acetone Dyno testing, but it still is helping my Prius and suburban, about 10% on average." (J; June 7)"Suspended the testing as I have been loaning my car out to different people too hard to collect data. Still planning to do some Dyno testing when I get some Free time." (J; Aug. 30, 2005)
Toyota Tercel 1985 1425cc - mileage is better. (April 7, 2005)
Toyota Tercel 1991 Jean Gaudreau (Commenced Aug. 24, 2005)Toyota Tundra 2000 - Lcwoolco's initial findings from adding 4.5oz / 21 gallon ratio: increased power, better idle, no drip from tailpipe. (PESWiki; March 27, 2005)

Volvo

1989 Volvo 245 - Randy's Volvo went from 24.95 mpg to 26.12 mpg using 2.5 oz / 10 gal. (Nov. 12, 2005)

VW

Jetta GLI 2005 Mark Cooper is getting 20% more gas mileage now like clock-work.After roughly 5000 miles, my 2002 VW TDI is getting approximately 11% better mileage on average using 2 oz./10 gal. of diesel. Definitely worth doing!

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