Acetone to increase mileage

[varmint]

Brian,

I think the most difficult part of the whole issue with the acetone is having it readily available when not using it. Does one carry the original acetone container in their vehicle and then use a syringe to withdraw it from and add to the gas tank? I know where I can buy a glass syringe which would not be damaged by the harmful chemicals. I thought about filling up glass test tubes (say 4 oz. for each one) ahead of time from the original acetone container to carry in my vehicle as another way to have it readily available for adding at the gas pump. Course, then one has to wonder what type of test tube stopper would work on acetone. The test tubes would also have to be carried upright while riding in the back of your vehicle as well. It would seem a little easier to handle adding the acetone after you fill up and go home by keeping everything at the house . However, having acetone readily available to add while you are on the run appears to be more difficult.

BTW, do you have any updated info. on it increasing your mileage? I just read from another experimenter who claims he has seen his mileage go up around 4 mpg.

[Brian R.]

I bought a quart from Home Depot and keep in my truck along with the syringe to measure it and the funnel. Keeping it in other containers is ok if they have screw caps.

Test tubes are easily broken and the stoppers would have to be white (silicone), not black rubber.

Plastic syringes are ok. The one I have for motorcycle 2-stroke oil doesn't seem to be affected by the acetone. I think it's polyethylene.

Adding the acetone just before putting the gas in the tank is preferable to adding it afterward.

As far as increasing my mileage, I have just been transferred to another worksite and don't know what is normal for my truck driving to and from that site. I am on the expressway alot more than I used to be, so I have to do alot more testing before I am convinced, one way or the other. Tentatively, I don't see much difference. It is possible that the differences people are seeing are due to cleaning of the fuel system by the acetone and it is having an effect because of this. This would account for the differences in results between similar vehicles. If the acetone produced it's effect by affecting the burning of gasoline, it is hard to understand how the same engine would get different results.