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[Camaro]

DavARei, on Apr 14 2007, 02:34 PM, said:

You know what improves your mileage though ....?
Gas Dryer / Heat.
Gets the water out of the take that the occasional gas station may add and has a similar effect / without the disolving of anything.
Well, with less disolving / as with over use, you may have an issue.

And it goes great with Diet Coke too!

According to the link that Blue posted, Acetone works in the same manner as Heat, which is pure Alcohol.

bluerip, on Apr 14 2007, 05:22 PM, said:

wanna save gas? fart in a jar

however if one wants to experiment this may help:
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Ace...a_Fuel_Additive

and No, I didn't try it . I was temped

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The water carrying properties of alcohol and acetone are essentially the same. One drop of water in many gallons of either alcohol or acetone will completely dissolve. Similarly one drop of acetone or alcohol in many gallons of water will completely dissolve. Neither can be seperated again without major effort.

Obviously the amount of damage to fuel system injectors, etc. is porportional to the amount of water, right on up to pumping pure water through them.

3.5 ozs acetone per 10 gallons gasoline is about a 0.3 percent concentration. ethanol gas contains up to 10 percent of alcohol.

NO damage to fuel injected engines is cause by 10% ethanol else it would be forbidden on the market.

Therefore the same will apply to acetone concentrations up to 10%.

There is no difference in combustion products from acetone compared to alcohol.

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Article:Water...ared_to_Acetone

[DavARei]

Camaro, on Apr 14 2007, 06:10 PM, said:

According to the link that Blue posted, Acetone works in the same manner as Heat, which is pure Alcohol.

I don't think my wife would use Heat to remove fingernail polish though ...
Then again, ...

[bluerip]

and then again I have heard reports that it also cleaned the engine internally very nicely. though I think that was a short duration test with great gas mileage then the engine was disassembled and examined. Even though I am getting tempted to try this again I am still concerned. Maybe I'll try it on the company work truck. (no one would ever know-would they? hmmmm)

[Camaro]

bluerip, on Apr 16 2007, 07:28 PM, said:

and then again I have heard reports that it also cleaned the engine internally very nicely. though I think that was a short duration test with great gas mileage then the engine was disassembled and examined. Even though I am getting tempted to try this again I am still concerned. Maybe I'll try it on the company work truck. (no one would ever know-would they? hmmmm)

lol not unless it broke down with the acetone still inside, but it evaperates quickly so make sure you open the gas tank cover.

[bluerip]

Camaro, on Apr 16 2007, 05:33 PM, said:

lol not unless it broke down with the acetone still inside, but it evaperates quickly so make sure you open the gas tank cover.

:crazy:
no, really, I'm considering it :crazy:

[DavARei]

The problem is that some of that krap works in good ways.
Not all, but some. So when you use those extra powerfull scrubbing bubbles, you remve more than you want.
Which down the road will cause more wear .......
and lower gas milage.

The exception would be if your engine were 'blue'printed.
Which would be way cool for you blue

Granted, my engine experience is on older engiens, but the principel should be the same.

[Camaro]

Acetone is not a Extra cleaner, the way it improves gas milage, besides the Octane boost an water evaporating is by making the surface tension of the gasoline weaker. so if sprays into finer patterns an more gasoline combusts. giving you more power as well as haveing cleaner tail emmissions.

there is a way more indepth article on it here http://pesn.com/2005...900069_Acetone/

[Nvyseal]

what does this all do to your emmisions control system and the engine computer?

[Camaro]

Nvyseal, on Apr 16 2007, 11:45 PM, said:

what does this all do to your emmisions control system and the engine computer?

According to that article, nothing, the computer thinks its straight gasoline, and treats it as such the only difference would be that at a given RPM the car would not use as much fuel to maintain speed, as more is burning giving more power, an it does not hurt the emissions control for the simple reason there is less work for that system to do because all that system is designed to do is reburn unburned fuel. And if that is not possible to filter out what it can from the exaust.

[m.oreilly]

Camaro, on Apr 16 2007, 10:03 PM, said:

According to that article, nothing, the computer thinks its straight gasoline, and treats it as such the only difference would be that at a given RPM the car would not use as much fuel to maintain speed, as more is burning giving more power, an it does not hurt the emissions control for the simple reason there is less work for that system to do because all that system is designed to do is reburn unburned fuel. And if that is not possible to filter out what it can from the exaust.

[Nvyseal]

Camaro, on Apr 16 2007, 10:03 PM, said:

According to that article, nothing, the computer thinks its straight gasoline, and treats it as such the only difference would be that at a given RPM the car would not use as much fuel to maintain speed, as more is burning giving more power, an it does not hurt the emissions control for the simple reason there is less work for that system to do because all that system is designed to do is reburn unburned fuel. And if that is not possible to filter out what it can from the exaust.

hmm, well im going to have to try this im my friends car then

[DavARei]

I wasn't meaning it was a cleaner ... rather, I was going with the Acetone / fingernail polish remover ...

Though, I was under the impression that an Octane boost also burned out some extra gunk tooo.

Emissions wise, I'd think it'd fry the O2 sensor after a while. Which wouldn't help with State Regulated Emissions.

[BlueIce]

Interesting, I won't ever do it though. I already get about 31 to 38 miles to the gallon.

[Camaro]

just think, 31 up to 38 could turn into 35 to 50.....hmmmmmm lol

[bluerip]

Camaro, on Apr 17 2007, 09:20 PM, said:

just think, 31 up to 38 could turn into 35 to 50.....hmmmmmm lol

so.. are you going to give it a go?