Adding Acetone to Gasoline Update: Myth or Miracle and the “Check Engine” light. – vanity -

vanity update | 7.26.2005 | RFace

[BOBWADE]

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[rface]

I have made my points.

oh well ..... as they say, "you can't argue with results".... and I know the results - and with a substantial background in the sciences, I am able to recognize traps that some may be susceptible.

the results are unambiguous - I dare you to investigate your self. If you do, then you too will also know that the increase in mpg is as claimed - BUT - the smaller, more efficient engines won't see the benefits that a large engine does. I don't know why.

also - the lingering question I have is what effect the acetone has on the rubber and plastics within the system. So far, I have had no problems...10 ml acetone/gal gasoline seems like a pretty dilute mix to me. Time will tell.

I travel some 500 miles per week following a pretty much set routine. Doubt what you want, but I can prove you wrong.

[Lancey Howard]

I find that a small, neatly cut piece of black hockey tape makes the 'Check Engine' light go away quite nicely.

[xcamel]

Yes, but it's very pricy.

[zip]

What do you think? Between a SUV and 2 vans, any improvement would save me some bucks.lol

[Doohickey]

Read the article linked in #16, Toronto.

[Doohickey]

Sounds like it. It happened to my Escape too. I took it to the shop and $28 later I had a new EGR valve and no check engine light.

[devane617]

OK, use all the acetone you want and void any warranty you have remaining on your auto. If acetone was meant for our current fuel systems, it would be added by the refinery. Auto manufactures are looking for any help meeting fuel economy standards, and if acetone were any easy answer, it would be added.

[rface]

I do know that it fixed that damn blinking 12:00 on my old VCR.....

[rface]

.....if acetone were any easy answer, it would be added.....

yep - that's why I add it. It were an easy answer. :^)

BTW - you don't use "all the acetone you want". It has to be between 3 and 4 oz. per 10 gal or you'll just screw up your fuel system. I use 10 ml/gal because it's easy to calculate at the pump. (3.3 oz per 10 gal). e-mail me in a couple months and I will honestly tell you any pitfalls I encounter. I put on 2,000 miles in a month

[Petronski]

I dunno about you, but I'd go to Autozone, have the code pulled, and fix the problem reported by the code.

[Fred Hayek]

Biodiesel does have better lubricity. While B-100 does have gelling problems at low temperatures, the biodiesel blends (up to B-20) do not. Major diesel engine manufacturers are recognizing up to 20% biodiesel blend (B-20) as far as warranties are concerned.

[csmusaret]

Check your fuel tank cap. When that is not secure it can cause your check engine light to come on.

[John Robertson]

Anybody here know anything about a good fluid for my differential on my 88 Volvo with 200K miles? The thing is round-toothed and noisy, but I'm not going to make a repair that costs more than the car is worth. I have used Trans-X on transmissions, and find it to be miraculous (for a while, that is).

Is there something similar, to cheat on the differential (for a while, that is), make it work a little tighter? Appreciate.

By the way, that old saw (pun intended) about sawdust quieting and tightening a bad transmission is true--it works, an old mechanic told me. For just a little while, till the gears grind up the sawdust and make a wood-oil sludge. It works just long enough to unload the car....

Hey, any of you guys wanna buy an '88 Volvo? It's a real runner.....

Damn, I wanted to put that on another thread. Doh!

[rface]

The OVR drivers and hot shot operators I've talked with are adding 30 WT oil to the fuel because their engines are wearing out in about half to two thirds the time they were...

kinda like running 2-cycle fuel ....... I had one guy tell me it's not such a bad thing to run a little oil in your gasoline....but I wonder about the catalytic converter. Anyway, I always siphon the 2-cycle gas out of my boat (50:1) and run it in the riding lawnmower. This is all it runs on - it's all I use. Seems to run good to me.

[rface]

I might have got around to it one day, but now I don't have a problem. The light went off. I ignored the problem away!

[rface]

Is there something similar, to cheat on the differential (for a while, that is), make it work a little tighter? Appreciate.

I watched an Andy Griffith Show a couple nights ago - and the "Old Lady Crook Car Dealer" put sawdust mixed with oil in the transmission to make it run smooth for a while. Maybe it would work in your differential .... of course Barney got screwed in the car deal, but that's what made the show funny.

[Petronski]

The light went off. I ignored the problem away!

You ignored away the indication of a problem.

[stylin19a]

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[festus]

Tossed a styrofoam cup into some acetone back in the 1980's while we were cleaning some PVC pipe. Wow, ate it up in seconds.

You should try that with gasoline. It eats it the same way.

Have an uncle who for reasons still not entirely clear tried this with gasoline. One second he was holding gasoline in a stryofoam cup. The next second he was holding gasoline without a cup. The next second the gasoline was all over the hot motor but didn't ignite thankfully.... ;-)