Has anyone ever heard of putting acetone in with your gas? has anyone ever tried it? I think it might be worth a shot from what I have read about it so far. It is supposed to incease your gas mileage anywhere from 25% to 50%. I think the bigger the engine the less it improves. I am thinking about trying it in my Honda Accord. Here is a couple of links in anyone wants to read about it.

http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm

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

http://www.pureenergysystems.com/news/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

I think i may pass on this little trick...

Heard of it before, mainly from hillbillys and old beat up 60something cars. Im not sure about what is in a fuel additive, it may be acetone? BUT, I wouldnt put acetone on my car, so im definetly not putting it in the car!

I have tried it, but not in the Jeep I don't think, recommended 1-2 oz per tank full. I might have seen a slight difference in fuel economy...supposedly the acetone helps the fuel atomize more efficiantly....I guess I'm a Hillbilly I am from Ga. and I have most of my teeth ...well up front mostly:D

Heard of it before, mainly from hillbillys and old beat up 60something cars. Im not sure about what is in a fuel additive, it may be acetone? BUT, I wouldnt put acetone on my car, so im definetly not putting it in the car!

Maybe the hillbillies are onto something. It is worth doing the research if it will get you an extra 75 mile per tank of gas. Check out the links I posted before you knock it. If you got a beater car then test it out on that one. I am definitely not trying it on my SRT8 first.

I wouldnt put acetone on my car, so im definetly not putting it in the car!

I would not put gasoline on my car but I do put it in my car.

Can't hurt to research it.

...It is supposed to incease your gas mileage anywhere from 25% to 50%.
ROTFLMAO. C'mon, common sense would tell anyone that no additive or gimmick device out there would improve mileage by anywhere near those numbers. If it really "worked" the price of gas would plummet and SUVs would become very popular again.

Maybe the hillbillies are onto something. It is worth doing the research if it will get you an extra 75 mile per tank of gas. Check out the links I posted before you knock it. If you got a beater car then test it out on that one. I am definitely not trying it on my SRT8 first.
I would not put gasoline on my car but I do put it in my car.
Can't hurt to research it.

Ok Gordy, take a video camera, and pour a load of acetone into your $40,000+ vehicle and then go play. Then post the video of you putting it into your tank so we can see that you actually did put acetone into your $40,000+ SRT8. Wait I see you DONT want to put it in your car, exactly. Ya go research it

Done.

Also, here is one of that other opinions i saw posted on a message board. "It's worse than useless -- it's also harmful. Acetone is the primary ingredient in nail-polish remover. And while it will burn and is a high-octane material, it's also a very powerful solvent. So while it's in your fuel system, it'll be eagerly dissolving all of your rubber components ... like gaskets and O-rings."

Whatever happened to:

"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is..."

It is worth doing the research if it will get you an extra 75 mile per tank of gas.

Stop it, my sides are hurting!

Thanks guys. I was just trying to raise a new subject that I just learned about today. Thought I might get some useful or descent input. Guess not. Glad to see everyone so open minded. I may not want to try it in my SRT8 but I will try it in my Honda. I guess no one decided to do any research.

I have not used acetone, but have used something similar, toluine. I'm sure I didn't spell it right tall-u-een. I have used it a dozen or so times when I took my 1989 indy pace car turbo trans am #11 of 1500 made, I really miss this car, it has the grand national engine in it but with better heads. Anyway, I would run about a half gallon with about 7 gallons of 93 octain. I ran this stuff in place of my home made alcohol injection system. The toluine would allow me to run about 3 puonds more boost. 20 pounds. I never did check it for mileage though. But my thoughts are that it would increase it. I never had any issues with running alcohol or toluine, but I feel it would and does eat at rubber and the like. I would causion against long term use and I don't know how well the newer vehicle like the jeep or honda would do with it. Toluine has many things in it including acitone, but one of the main ingrediants in octain booster is toluine, just not that much in it, that is why octain boosters only raise your octain level by about 2 points which is misleading. 2 points is like going from 93 octain to 93.2 not to 95. You can get toluin at paint stores, but they may think your mixing a batch of drugs, I hear its an ingrediant used for it.

Best time was 13.2 at 108 street tires not boost on take off. 2.2 60ft
Such a beast when the boost hit.

I attached a picture, but I'm not sure if its going to go through.

http://C:\Documents and Settings\HP_Owner\My Documents\My Pictures\TTA\DSCF0004 (2).JPG

Acetone in a car? Well, here is a true story! We just moved into a new home and my wife accidently spilled some Olive oil on the granite counter top.....the oil went into the counter....it would not come out, dry out, nothing. My brother suggested a little Acetone poured on the counter, covered with paper towels, and then celephane over the liquid saturated towels and then taped to keep them moist. Let it sit over night. The next morning, pulled it off....NO STAIN.....it took out the oil stain from the granite. Maybe you should try throwing a few rubber seals and gaskets, etc into a cup of Acetone and seal the top...remove in a day and check them out. Good luck.

...I guess no one decided to do any research.
No need to. Anytime one see's the words:

"supposed to increase your gas mileage anywhere from _______ to _______"

... about 20 large red flags drop down from the sky, alarms go off, lights flash, and so on...

A lot of people run Toluene. Research it. A ton of the SRT4 guys do it.

Ok Gordy, take a video camera, and pour a load of acetone into your $40,000+ vehicle and then go play. Then post the video of you putting it into your tank so we can see that you actually did put acetone into your $40,000+ SRT8. Wait I see you DONT want to put it in your car, exactly. Ya go research it

Done.

Also, here is one of that other opinions i saw posted on a message board. "It's worse than useless -- it's also harmful. Acetone is the primary ingredient in nail-polish remover. And while it will burn and is a high-octane material, it's also a very powerful solvent. So while it's in your fuel system, it'll be eagerly dissolving all of your rubber components ... like gaskets and O-rings."

I guess you didn't see the post where I said I would put it in my car. You must not know that gasoline will eat paint just like acetone. Try it sometime to get the nail polish off your fingers. I wouldn't suggest putting gas ON your car although i am guessing you put it IN your car.

Thanks Sleeper and Shodanusmc for the good input. From what I have read, you only need to use 3 oz of acetone per 10 gallons of gas. That seems like it is a small enough amount that it would be pretty diluted and not so likely to cause any damage. Plus my Honda is still under warranty so now is the best time to do it if it is going to mess something up.

Just a thought but maybe the reason not many people have heard of this as that the fuel companies know that they will lose lots of money if this really works. Just a thought. I might be the idiot but I guess am willing to find out.

I just asked the mechanics next to my office. They are an ENORMOUS auto parts distributor and also service autos here at there warehouse. The guys I talked to about sh*t their pants when I told them. These guys, particularly being "farm type boys" said they have heard of it, but its a myth. They explained how it would eat away everything, particularly rubber.

Gordy, yes I do put gasoline in my car and not on my paint. Gasoline is not advertised as a "paint thinner" as far as my knowledge goes, however acetone is. Go put 2 OZ of it in your HONDA and let us know the 25mpg extra you get....

Also, on a side note, if you own this vehicle you should be able to afford purchasing high octane fuel instead of trying to "make your own" using paint thinner

http://neubranderinc.com/blog/2007/01/03/acetone-in-gasoline-busted/

I tried it and it worked!!!

Instead of my usual 12.5-13.7 MPG, I saw 34.5 MPG on the EVIC!!!

Then I heard a loud BANG!

Now my Jeep looks like this...

Now I do not spend so much at the pump.

http://neubranderinc.com/blog/2007/01/03/acetone-in-gasoline-busted/
http://www.snopes.com/autos/techno/acetone.asp

The guys I talked to about sh*t their pants when I told them. These guys, particularly being "farm type boys" said they have heard of it, but its a myth. They explained how it would eat away everything, particularly rubber.



This is why acetone is such an awesome "cleaner" for rub rails on a boat. It doesn't actually clean, it just removes the outermost layer.

I, who started this stupid thread, STAND CORRECTED!!! Thanks for all the good info guys. Especially the Snopes input. I use Snopes quite a bit. I should have checked there first. This is the reason I started the tread in the first place, to get some input. I still might try it on my oldest vehicle since it doesn't have much life left in it anyway. Thanks again everyone.

Tooth,

You just said the same things the mechanics told me. The acetone would eat the "OUTERMOST" layer of rubber and then continue to eat its way in after that.

Gordy, DO not try it on your car...any of your vehicles. Now if your Mother-in_law is willing to try some as a fuel enhancer, pour a healthy slug of acetone in her fuel tank and then sit back and watch!

Gordy, DO not try it on your car...any of your vehicles. Now if your Mother-in_law is willing to try some as a fuel enhancer, pour a healthy slug of acetone in her fuel tank and then sit back and watch!

Good times. That would be pretty funny. I wonder how long it would be before she would see any problems?