Acetone to increase mileage?

[funpilot]

Found these links on another site that says if you add acetone in small quantities (like 3 oz per 10 gallons), it will add about 2-3 mpg for Hummers.

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

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive

Anyone here willing to try this?

[funpilot]

Found these links on another site that says if you add acetone in small quantities (like 3 oz per 10 gallons), it will add about 2-3 mpg for Hummers.

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

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive

Anyone here willing to try this?

[KenP]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by funpilot:
Found these links on another site that says if you add acetone in small quantities (like 3 oz per 10 gallons), it will add about 2-3 mpg for Hummers.

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

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive

Anyone here willing to try this? </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Nope. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Yetti]

thats as bad as the old mothballs in the gas to make hp...bad idea.

[Hart1]

I wonder....

http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive

Individual Reports
If you would like to post files along with your report, and you don't have a website location where you can post and then link from here, then contact PES Network, and we can upload them to one of our servers for you to link to it there.

[edit]Increases Mileage in Toyota Prius
"Pretty hard to believe that only 2-3 oz. of Acetone could have such a dramatic effect, but my mileage on my Prius went from 43 mpg to over 54 mpg, on the same tank of gas!" (J.; March 21, 2005)

"Still getting about 15-20% improvement in my Prius Mileage w/Acetone" (J; April 6, 2005)

[edit]Running Rich Drops Mileage
Acetone in Acura Integra '92 Fuel Drops Mileage by 1.1% (http://pesn.com/2005/03/25/6900071_Acura_Acetone/) - Four runs of ~100 miles, two without acetone, two with, did not yield increased mileage as expected, but a slight decrease. Ratio may be too rich. (PESN; March 25, 2005)
[edit]90 Town Home up 5%
March 26, 2005
"3oz/10 gal in 90 town car over same 60 mile route 10 times /week gave a 5% increase in fuel economy."

[edit]Sentzmastersmith's Two Vehicles
Sentzmastersmith's Acetone Report - Initial findings from adding 2 oz / 10 gallon ratio: increased power, better idle, better shifting. (March 26, 2005)
25.5% increase in mileage in Ford Ranger 4x4 Extreme with acetone added in ratio of 2 onces per 10 gallons. (March 27, 2005)
April 9
Ford Ranger 4x4 Extreme: increase by 32% at 2.5 oz/10gal.
Pontiac 95 Bonneville: mixed extents of increased mileage; better at 2.5 oz than 2 oz/10gal.
[edit]2000 Toyota Tundra
Lcwoolco's Acetone Report - Initial findings from adding 4.5oz / 21 gallon ratio: increased power, better idle, no drip from tailpipe. (PESWiki; March 27, 2005)
[edit]2004 Honda Pilot
2004 Honda Pilot - AWD 3.5 v-6. Preliminary report from just miles since adding acetone; reports mileage going from 20 to 25 mpg with mixture of 3 oz per 10 gallons of fuel; significant increase in horsepower.
[edit]Jeeps and Blazer
Acetone in Two Jeeps and a Blazer - Initial findings by "burntkat": modest mileage improvement, exhaust odor gone, better idle.
[edit]Dodge Caravan V6, Merc Sable V6
Long-term Use of Acetone in Dodge Caravan and Mercedes Sable - General increase in mileage with addition of 4 oz per 10 gallons. Test reports of acetone effect on fuel-line components. (by Dave Narby)
[edit]Cost Savings Summary
http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/pes_acetone/message/126

We run a ratio of 1:320 acetone to gasoline (4 oz per 10 gal). This creates a 10% increase in MPG (conservatively) which translates to a 10% savings in fuel.

Therefore, for every gallon of acetone you run through your car, you save 32 gallons of fuel (10% of 320 gallons).

1 gallon of acetone costs about $10.00
32 Gallons of fuel costs about $64.00

Therefore, for every gallon of acetone used, you save $54.00 (as of this writing [March 31, 2005]).

[edit]Ford Explorer & Dodge Spirit
"rface" Reports on Acetone - 1996 Ford Explorer goes from 16.7 to 20 mph with 3 oz / 10 gallon mix. Plans to try it on 1993 Dodge Spirit.

[edit]Jancik's Semi Truck on Acetone
Talk Show Host gets mileage improvement using acetone additive in Semi Truck - First 2792 miles has seen average go from 6.1 to 6.5 mpg using 2 oz acetone per 10 gallons diesel in Freightliner/Caterpillar diesel engine.

[edit]1997 Isuzu Rodeo
1997 Isuzu Rodeo - Dr. Paul reports increase in mileage, engine runs quieter

[edit]MISC. REPORTS
"Hello World"s results - 88 Ford T-bird 302 mileage increases 18%; 2001 Chevy Tahoe increases 6%; using 2.5oz acetone per 10 gal fuel. (March 31, 2005)
M.R.'s Report on 96 Dodge Grand Caravan and 95 Pontiac Bonneville - At a ratio of 2.8oz. per 10 gallons of premium gasoline, I have enjoyed a 12mpg increase in efficiency in my Dodge Grand Caravan. Bonneville increased by 10mpg.

(April 4, 2005)
1985 Toyota Tercel 1425cc - mileage is better. (April 7, 2005)

[Dallion]

Acetone is also 5% water... Wouldn't this accumulate over a period of time? Also acetone doesn't burn cleanly and could cause exhaust combustion (at least I would think) not real sure though.

Interesting, maybe I will try it on one of my cars I dont care about http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

[Hart1]

""Acetone can reduce hydrocarbon emissions up to 60 percent. In some older cars, the HC readings with acetone in a 1986 GMC went from 440 PPM to 195, as just one example. Though mileage gains taper off with too much acetone, hydrocarbon emissions are nevertheless greatly reduced. Pure acetone is an extremely clean burning fuel that burns in air with a pretty blue, smokeless flame.

Acetone reduces the formation of water-ice crystals in below-zero weather which can damage the fuel filter. Change that fuel filter every year to protect injectors.

There are no known bad effects and every good reason to use acetone in your fuel. I have never seen a problem with acetone, and I have used ACETONE in gasoline and diesel fuel and in jet fuel (JP-4) for 50 years. I have rigorously tested fuels independently (with burns all over me) and am considered an authority on this important subject."""

[Thumper & Buttercup]

Hi,
First off I am a new member here and we just started tesing this in our 02 TJ and our 05 H2. On the TJ our first day out this week with 4oz to 10 gal the mpg jumped from 15.5 to 19.6. But with the Hummer it was a windy day Saturday 26-40 mph and it still got 11.5 mpg. We are going 200 miles the next couple of days in the Hummer and I am going to drop it to 2 oz to 10 gal and retest it. We will keep you posted. Of course our Hummer does not even have 5000 miles on it so it's still getting broke in.

[KenP]

Can't wait to hear the results T&B. Make sure to post pics of your vehicles for us. Can't wait to see.

Interesting choice of threads to say "Hi" on. Have a good trip.

[Thumper & Buttercup]

Thanks KenP,

I've been lurking for a few months and decided to join tonight for a question I had over in the Tech section. I am making a couple changes at a time trying to get a couple of mpg's out of the H2 and the TJ.

[Hart1]

Thumper:

Glad you joined us. I am going to try it on my commuter vehicle first, 2005 Scion Xb. I have filled my tank up will run it dry to see my current mpg, then next week I will try 2oz per 10 gallons....

[funpilot]

Thumber and Buttercup.....try using no more than 3 oz per 10 gallons as the article says as the benefits drop above that setting....

[Thumper & Buttercup]

We'll,

Time to refill with gas and start over, today mix was 3oz to 10 gal, and mileage dropped to 10.7mpg on the interstate doing 75mph. It was 49 and rainy. Off the interstate doing 55 mileage jumped to 15.7 mpg.
I think the loss in mpg was the Ganatelli. Tomorrow I am going to dilute the mix, we have only used 10gal and run her there and see what happens. Before these mods running the interstate our H2 got between 13 and 14.7 at
75 mph. This is with just the Airaid cold air system with the Airaid tube. I am going to back off on the Acetone, the web site I looked at recommended 4oz per 10 gallon that is what we used in the TJ and she jumped from 15.5 to 19.6 the first test day out. One thing I cannot get away from is Ethanol 10% in the fuel up here.

[KenP]

Funpilot, I'm not going to believe you until I see you put it in the tank myself. And I live close. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif I just can't believe it unless I see it. http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_confused.gif http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Hart1]

The report states that too much will drop mileage, I would start at 2oz per 10 gallons...

[Thumper & Buttercup]

OK,

Filled up today for the return trip, fillup took 11 gal even, with too much Acetone in there this ammount should have dropped the vehicle down to about 2oz per 10 gal. At 75 mph we were getting 13mpg today with a small headwind. At 65 mph truck jumped to 15.5 mpg at 55 mph the H2 was getting 16.5 mpg. There is a overpass that the H2 always kicksdown and hits the throttle, well today she just went right over them without the kick in the pants, I did hear the transmission start to wind up then it just returned to normal without the engine kicking up. So far I am happy, but time will tell, I add everything to my spreadsheets and see what the overall mpg averages.

[KenP]

Sorry, need more proof than this. Just not gonna-do-it.

[Hart1]

Thumper:

Thanks for the updates.....

[jason brown]

Well, I took a chance...Filled the H2, added 3 oz of acetone and wow! What a difference I went from 10.6 mpg to 12.8 city driving
Thanks for the information guys
Jason Brown

[LasVegas]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by jason brown:
Well, I took a chance...Filled the H2, added 3 oz of acetone and wow! What a difference I went from 10.6 mpg to 12.8 city driving
Thanks for the information guys
Jason Brown </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Let us know after about another 4 or 5 tanks of gas without resetting your MPG

[LasVegas]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Thumper & Buttercup:
OK,

Filled up today for the return trip, fillup took 11 gal even, with too much Acetone in there this ammount should have dropped the vehicle down to about 2oz per 10 gal. At 75 mph we were getting 13mpg today with a small headwind. At 65 mph truck jumped to 15.5 mpg at 55 mph the H2 was getting 16.5 mpg. There is a overpass that the H2 always kicksdown and hits the throttle, well today she just went right over them without the kick in the pants, I did hear the transmission start to wind up then it just returned to normal without the engine kicking up. So far I am happy, but time will tell, I add everything to my spreadsheets and see what the overall mpg averages. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>There's no way you can get accurate MPG by reading the instant MPG. Too many variables including you. Run several tanks of fuel through it then let us know.

[Hart1]

Too bad Acetone cannot help you with your spelling ..http://www.elcova.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[KenP]

Edited because what I was referring to has been removed.

Thank goodness.

[kdio]

There is an interesting article that I found a while ago concerning Octane Boosting. I find this more promising than Acetone. Has anybody ever heard of this.

http://www.elektro.com/~audi/audi/toluene/

[Hart1]

I could not find the MPG improvement numbers...

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

I got to looking at fuel injector cleaning chemical and found many had acetone in it. Most likely very little but it must clean up the fuel system. It was last week and do not remember which one I read. I was looking at all of them and just forgot.
TAZ

[Allen]

I put in a 2 oz to 10 gallon ration. My city driving went from 9.3 to 11.0 MPG

I have the following mods:

Volant air intank, Shorty headers, Magnaflow exhaust, Jet Chip, Throttle body spacer, Transmission oil cooler (larger than stock) with fan.

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

I have been researching Toluene and looks very promising. It has an octane rating of 114.
It is used as a octane booster and racing world nicknames it jet fuel. It is supposed to increse perf. considerable. It can be bought at Sherwin Williams at $5 a gallon. I'm looking into how much is required to boost octane of 87 to 91 or 93 and compare cost of just buying 91 or 93. I think as a guess a person will be just as well off buying 91 or 93 oct. But, in a high compression situation You could get the higher octane gas on up there for fewer problems. If it can be bought in large enough bulk price could come way down. Saw on websit of a few you can buy it in 55 gallon drums but it said to call for price. Anyway racers use it with a mix of kerosene for lubrication and the kerosene keeps fuel system clean as well. This is just info i have run across on a real quick look. Some real racer guys may be able to tell us more indepth and quicker. It seems to be with it if it does not drive cost pe gallon up to much addng.
TAZ

[Thumper & Buttercup]

Hey all,

Sorry we dropped off the site, my wife rebroke her leg and I got hit by a virus and wiped out my computer.

I've tried a few differant things and gone back to plain gas to recheck my results on my 05 H2 and my 02 TJ.

At 55 mph our H2 is getting around 17mpg and at 65 mph we are getting 14-15+ mpg. This is a stock H2 with Airaid cold air intake, Granatelli(sp) cold air mass sensor, and we have the superchip programmer, running 87 octane settings that they suggest. We've not had any time to test 75 mph but we have a trip planned in October to Virginia and back to ND that will give us some real good data. Our TJ is getting 21 mpg regularly so I am really happy with the 2 oz of Acetone per 10 gal that we are using.
I am going to test our Harley Ultra now, we got a good standard of mpg and now we will start testing it. I hope this helps sorry it took me a while to get back, we are just now getting our life back in order. We will be around more now that I found you guys and gals again.

[gorton]

xylene will work to boost octane rating points, but you probably won't get better gas milage. it will also dissolve water in your tank from using acetone.

[IPStack]

You guys using any particular brand of acetone, where are you purchasing it from. I think I am gonna test as well.

[Denny Crane]

Bump.

Where ya getin it?

D

[Fastest H-Town Realtor]

Why does this sound like the "aviation fuel" craze of a decade ago? All the hi-po cars were filling up with avia-blue for the 113 octane. Come to find out it was a high octane fuel, but it was also formulated for use on a consistant RPM situation(Aviation use), not fluctuating RPM (auto use). I'll await long term results to judge effectiveness.