Acetone - Page 2 - Fuelly Forums

Click here to see important news regarding the aCar App

Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
 
Old 11-09-2006, 09:23 AM   #11
Registered Member
 
GasSavers_brick's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 162
Country: United States
I have tried additives in the past and I don't plan to try them again. There were no results with any of them, including acetone. Instead I decided to focus on driving habits and managed a handy 25% increase in average fuel economy, with the capability to reach numbers in the region of 50% improved or better if I give it 100% effort. I agree with Metro, simply looking at your tank results is not a good way to test this kind of thing. It requires instrumentation as a minimum, and really should be done in a lab. The human factors are way too significant otherwise.
__________________

__________________
'07 Toyota Prius
GasSavers_brick is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-09-2006, 02:29 PM   #12
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 358
Country: United States
Quote:
Originally Posted by MetroMPG
It's great that you're getting good fuel economy, but tank to tank results are not a good basis to authoritatively assert that something "works" or not. There are simply too many variables at play.

I've also yet to see a properly controlled test showing beneficial FE effects of acetone.
I don't know of any controlled tests, but I do know that the fact that my '93 Accord is getting an additional six mpg in the city and eight on the highway is no coincidence. I was driving it for about five months before acetone, and have been driving for two months with it. The best I could get before acetone was 24/30. I now get 30/38. Occasionally, I will do better. The best I have seen was 34 in the city and 40 on the highway.

It seems to work better on older cars. Most of the people saying that it does nothing that I've seen are driving cars that are only a few years old whereas the cars that have been around for a while get better results. I think it may be because of carbon buildup in the engine and injectors. Acetone is an ingredient in most fuel injector cleaners.
__________________

repete86 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-09-2006, 02:41 PM   #13
Registered Member
 
MetroMPG's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Posts: 4,223
Country: United States
I think it's great that you're getting better mileage. Seriously!

But without results from controlled testing, I'll remain skeptical. Nothing personal.

Quote:
I think it may be because of carbon buildup in the engine and injectors. Acetone is an ingredient in most fuel injector cleaners.
Are you still using it now that you've cleaned your fuel system?
MetroMPG is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-09-2006, 02:57 PM   #14
Registered Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 358
Country: United States
I'm still using it, and it's remained consistent. I'm not sure about what I want to do next to the car though. I'm trying to get the best mileage that I can out of it. I'm thinking that freeing up the air intake and exhaust will be my next step.
repete86 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-09-2006, 05:04 PM   #15
Registered Member
 
Spule 4's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 175
Country: United States
This has gone on for years. In refining, this is what off brand gasoline is for, if you have a batch of a few thousand gallons, you can dispose of a bit of off spec industrial solvents in the mix, none the wiser.
__________________
"Knowledge is Good"

-Emil Faber
Spule 4 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2006, 10:46 AM   #16
Registered Member
 
GasSavers_lane's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 13
Country: United States
Well i do agree that ACETONE cleans the fuel injectors but thats not the only reason it boost gas mileage, because as soon as i stop using acetone the MPG goes back down to my norm

also if your using ethanol blend gasoline this will neutralize the benefit of the acetone, you might get a 0-5% boost in MPG while with strait gasoline and acetone you should get 10-35% increase in MPG.
GasSavers_lane is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2006, 10:49 AM   #17
Registered Member
 
GasSavers_lane's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 13
Country: United States
also oil companies are in the buisness to make money, they would not make a more efficient fuel unless the government forced them too, they know that if they make a fuel that is 10-35% more efficient that they will lose that much in profit.
GasSavers_lane is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2006, 11:17 AM   #18
*shrug*
 
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 6,195
Country: United States
Quote:
Originally Posted by lane
also oil companies are in the buisness to make money, they would not make a more efficient fuel unless the government forced them too, they know that if they make a fuel that is 10-35% more efficient that they will lose that much in profit.
If an oil company could make a gas that much more efficient, they would. They'd somehow protect their mystery blend and drive everyone else out of business and then charge outrageous monopoly rates on people. I sincerely doubt any company resists simple, cheap, "proven" things that can better their product by a third.

I mean, car companies spend millions of dollars doing little crap to eek out better efficiency and test new ideas, you'd think if it were so easy toyota would just buy a chain of stations and sell toyota gas to be all, look at me, I'm toyota and my hybrids get 100 mpg when using special, toyota hybrid gas. But of course, that's complete crap.

So is a 35% increase from acetone. It's just ridiculous.
SVOboy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2006, 11:30 AM   #19
Registered Member
 
zpiloto's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Posts: 1,225
Country: United States
Quote:
Originally Posted by lane
also if your using ethanol blend gasoline this will neutralize the benefit of the acetone, you might get a 0-5% boost in MPG while with strait gasoline and acetone you should get 10-35% increase in MPG.
Why??
zpiloto is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 11-10-2006, 12:18 PM   #20
Registered Member
 
GasSavers_lane's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 13
Country: United States
partly because ethanol has a lower energy content than gasoline but besides that i have no clue. But i know that this is true from my own expierience, from the very first time i filled up with Ethanol blend gas E10 my MPG dropped by 5 MPG
__________________

GasSavers_lane 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
request: add 3&6 month simple moving averages to the graphs. dudleydog Fuelly Web Support and Community News 2 08-19-2010 01:53 AM
Sort by MPG billcharlton Fuelly Web Support and Community News 2 09-18-2008 04:00 AM
Calendar picker for entering fuel-up date? delfuego Fuelly Web Support and Community News 1 07-19-2008 01:18 PM
o2 sensor brand durability? n0rt0npr0 Transmissions and Running Gear 13 05-05-2006 01:54 PM
"active" aero grille slats on 06 civic concept MetroMPG General Fuel Topics 21 01-03-2006 12:02 PM

» Fuelly iOS Apps
No Threads to Display.
Powered by vBadvanced CMPS v3.2.3


All times are GMT -8. The time now is 11:14 PM.


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