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Acetone as a gasoline additive Uncle Vic 07-01-2008
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Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 2, 2008, 4:16 pm

> >Call your doctor if you experience an erection lasting more than four
> >hours. Geez, I wonder what happens when it lasts 2000 years...
>
> Movie contract.

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"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

Posted by Beav on July 1, 2008, 9:02 pm

> Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
> in his 1990 Econoline van. He uses it in his KT1200LT too, and it
> returns a few extra MPG. I tried it in my Nomad 1500, and noticed a
> tad more power in the upper RPMs, and maybe an extra 1 MPG. He says
> the ratio should be 1 oz. per 10 gallons. Well, my bike didn't fall
> apart on a 3-day road trip, so maybe there's some merit to this. I
> did notice some "popping" on engine overrun that wasn't there before,
> and it went away when I stopped using it.

You should've just thrown in an once of snake oil.


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Posted by Bill Shatzer on July 1, 2008, 11:31 pm
Uncle Vic wrote:

> Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
> in his 1990 Econoline van. He uses it in his KT1200LT too, and it
> returns a few extra MPG. I tried it in my Nomad 1500, and noticed a
> tad more power in the upper RPMs, and maybe an extra 1 MPG. He says
> the ratio should be 1 oz. per 10 gallons. Well, my bike didn't fall
> apart on a 3-day road trip, so maybe there's some merit to this. I
> did notice some "popping" on engine overrun that wasn't there before,
> and it went away when I stopped using it.

Tom and Ray Magliozzi (of NPR's Car Talk) say DON'T DO IT.

http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2006/January/08.html

It doesn't improve your mileage and it'll screw up your seals and hoses.

If it was all that great, Chevron and Shell would be adding it to their
gas already.



Posted by The Older Gentleman on July 2, 2008, 2:18 am

> If it was all that great, Chevron and Shell would be adding it to their
> gas already.

Is the right answer.


--
BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Yamaha XT600E Honda CB400F & SH50
chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
"What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time
and hassle for no tangible benefit."

Posted by Uncle Vic on July 2, 2008, 2:11 pm
> Uncle Vic wrote:
> > Has anyone tried this? My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
> > in his 1990 Econoline van. He uses it in his KT1200LT too, and it
> > returns a few extra MPG. I tried it in my Nomad 1500, and noticed a
> > tad more power in the upper RPMs, and maybe an extra 1 MPG. He says
> > the ratio should be 1 oz. per 10 gallons. Well, my bike didn't fall
> > apart on a 3-day road trip, so maybe there's some merit to this. I
> > did notice some "popping" on engine overrun that wasn't there before,
> > and it went away when I stopped using it.
>
> Tom and Ray Magliozzi (of NPR's Car Talk) say DON'T DO IT.
>
> http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/2006/January/08.html
>
> It doesn't improve your mileage and it'll screw up your seals and hoses.
>
> If it was all that great, Chevron and Shell would be adding it to their
> gas already.

I just sent that URL to my brother. Time to wake him up.

Thanks!

Uncle Vic

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