Geo Metro 3 cyl, Auto better than 40MPG? - Page 2 - Fuelly Forums

Click here to see important news regarding the aCar App

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 01-16-2007, 05:16 PM   #11
Registered Member
 
zpiloto's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,225
Country: United States
Quote:
Originally Posted by Lance View Post
What's the deal with acetone?? That's a new one for me.... It won't fry your catalytic converter?
Do a search. There is quite a bit on that topic.
__________________

zpiloto is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-16-2007, 05:20 PM   #12
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 18
Country: United States
Auto Mpg

Most things i read say it should be harmless to the cat, in fact it will will help to keep things in the fuel system clean. a lot of people think 1-3 oz per 10 gal will increase mpg. My first tank (2oz mix) gave me 35.5MPG in mixed driving (about 50/50 highway and city) which is a couple of mpg better than i usually do . I have a couple of 300 mile highway trips this week and will report back on the results.
__________________

larryg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-17-2007, 10:02 AM   #13
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 18
Country: United States
trip 1

about 285 miles with a little local driving at each end and about 15 min of bumper to bumper at the tappen zee bridge. used 2 oz of acetone but only got 39.15 MPG outbound leg was in the dark and it was below freezing for most of the trip - tomorrow should be a little better - we'll see how that goes-
larryg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-17-2007, 02:18 PM   #14
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 13
Country: United States
From what I have found, via Google, adding Acetone is bogus. From lower BTU values, to it's more common use of paint stripper eating away an engine's gaskets and seals creates enough doubt for myself to avoid using it.
GasSavers_Lance is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-18-2007, 05:56 PM   #15
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 18
Country: United States
auto mpg

trip 2. used 2 tanks of gas, first had a lot of traffic and some city driving - 37.68 mpg. for the second tank, i tried to drive the car for the best gas mileage. (held it to 55, almost all highway, slow acceleration,) got 44.24mpg (my all time best for this car). My car is the late model, so it weighs more and has a 16valve 4cyl. My guess is that the early 3 cyl car driven carefully, might really get better than 45mpg- by the way the last two tanks were without acetone so i really didn't see any real difference in mpg with the stuff.
larryg is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-18-2007, 06:41 PM   #16
Registered Member
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 4,223
Country: United States
Hey larryg, you should do a thread in the "introduce yourself" forum and tell us a bit about yourself.

And do a garage entry for your car. It'd be useful to have as a reference for people considering what you've got.

That is, if you're planning to stick around
__________________

MetroMPG is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Throttle Position During Acceleration and its effect on FE SVOboy General Fuel Topics 105 06-09-2009 02:33 AM
Some glue that won't melt when it gets hot? SVOboy General Maintenance and Repair 16 08-01-2006 07:15 AM
OH MY GOD, my relatives are annoying me with this car thing Compaq888 General Discussion (Off-Topic) 18 07-23-2006 01:37 PM
New forum guidelines, FAQ Matt Timion Fuelly Web Support and Community News 14 05-21-2006 06:26 AM
Hybrid Scooter kickflipjr Motorcycles 4 10-01-2005 01:31 PM

» Fuelly iOS Apps
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 10:37 PM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8 Beta 1
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.