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Acetone as a gasoline additive Uncle Vic 07-01-2008
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Posted by Zeuss on July 6, 2008, 1:58 am
Didn't work, did it?

http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

I still use it. The oil companies want you to buy their product. So
why would they support something that would make you use less of it?



Zeuss




>> 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
>


Posted by Twibil on July 6, 2008, 2:40 am

> I still use it. =A0The oil companies want you to buy their product. =A0So
> why would they support something that would make you use less of it?

Uh, because the first one to bring it out would promptly corner the
market and be able to buy out his competitors and use their CEOs as
castrati in his own private choir. (And, BTW, that same old crackpot
paranoid theory is still being used to *prove* that big oil is
surpressing the 100 MPG carburator that was invented clear back in the
1930s...)

Of course, it wasn't true back then, and it still isn't true today,
but heck; some people are just happier thinking that the world is out
to get 'em.

Posted by J. Clarke on July 6, 2008, 8:48 am
Zeuss wrote:
> Didn't work, did it?
>
> http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/
>
> I still use it. The oil companies want you to buy their product.
> So
> why would they support something that would make you use less of it?

Kettering University and Mythbusters both tried this and found out
that it didn't work.

> Zeuss
>
>
>
>
>>> 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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Posted by Ed Cregger on July 2, 2008, 9:11 am

> 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.
>
> Uncle Vic

---------

I haven't tried it in motorcycles or cars, but in both glow and spark model
engines it sometimes helps, if it doesn't eat up critical plastic or rubber
parts in the fuel system.

You gotta figure that oil companies have had scientists and engineers
working on creating the best formulations possible for nearly 100 years. It
isn't likely that they missed acetone in their megahunts for the magic
elixir in the last century.

Ed Cregger



Posted by S'mee on July 2, 2008, 12:03 pm
>
>
> > Has anyone tried this? =A0My brother swears he gets 20% better mileage
> > in his 1990 Econoline van. =A0He uses it in his KT1200LT too, and it
> > returns a few extra MPG. =A0I tried it in my Nomad 1500, and noticed a
> > tad more power in the upper RPMs, and maybe an extra 1 MPG. =A0He says
> > the ratio should be 1 oz. per 10 gallons. =A0Well, my bike didn't fall
> > apart on a 3-day road trip, so maybe there's some merit to this. =A0I
> > did notice some "popping" on engine overrun that wasn't there before,
> > and it went away when I stopped using it.
>
> > Uncle Vic
>
> ---------
>
> I haven't tried it in motorcycles or cars, but in both glow and spark mode=
l
> engines it sometimes helps, if it doesn't eat up critical plastic or rubbe=
r
> parts in the fuel system.
>

Never had it eat parts in my motors. I still marvel at the economy of
a .020 reed valve 2stroke. Even running 50% nitiro, running on castor
you will wear out the piston and cylinder before you get carboned up.
That with steel piston and steel cylinder! I've YET to wear on a Fox .
35 for that matter and for those who don't know that is a motor that
runs wide open it's entire life. I have at least 20 gallons through
one and that was a USED motor of 60's vintage that was flown all
summer ever summer before I got it. It wears out glow plugs an I've
busted a needle but oott it's runner.
--
Keith

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