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ed2hess
07-26-2006, 05:46 PM
At the lawn repair shop today they suggested using small amounts of acetone in mower gas. The claim is that it aids combustion. Has anybody tried this and have any thought on whether it is cost effective.
Jim@MilkyWay
07-26-2006, 05:56 PM
At the lawn repair shop today they suggested using small amounts of acetone in mower gas. The claim is that it aids combustion. Has anybody tried this and have any thought on whether it is cost effective.
Don't recommend it. It will leave resdues.
Jim@MilkyWay
07-26-2006, 07:31 PM
Don't recommend it. It will leave residues.Actually, after having checked out this URL: http://www.win.web-werks.com/herdillia/htm/acetone.htm
I see that residues of only 0.004g/100ml seems pretty good. Guys, how 'bout it.
fly-4-fun
07-26-2006, 08:39 PM
Is this suppose to raise the octane rating of the fuel or what? If that is the case why not just use higher octane gas. How much were you suppose to put in the fuel, say a quart in (?) gas?
ed2hess
07-26-2006, 11:55 PM
The idea is to get all the fluid into combustion, apparently some of the gas don't burn in the chamber. They were talking about a few ounces in 5 gallon tanks, sorta like sea foam although this is apparently a little different?
fixer67
07-27-2006, 12:00 AM
They use a good bit of acetone in gasoline already.
oldrustycars
07-27-2006, 01:04 AM
didnt Mythbusters debunk this? i use Seafoam in gas, it seems to prevent it from going bad so quickly.
Jim@MilkyWay
07-27-2006, 01:22 AM
didnt Mythbusters debunk this? i use Seafoam in gas, it seems to prevent it from going bad so quickly.
Don't know about MythBusters, but that is a really bizarre site. 'Kinda reminds me of a site that us astro-geeks like to browse called "BadAstronomy.com".
jkingrph
07-28-2006, 01:19 PM
Be careful, Acetone is a very strong solvent and affects many plastics adversely. Thats why you do not see it sold in plastic containers.
Jeff
Jim@MilkyWay
07-29-2006, 12:40 AM
Be careful, Acetone is a very strong solvent and affects many plastics adversely. Thats why you do not see it sold in plastic containers.
Jeff
Sorry:)
I did not even think to mention that point which is of _much_ more concern, than is residue. I do not know one way or the other, but it may have adverse effects on rubber components as well.
1MajorTom
06-13-2007, 02:04 AM
been reading up on this.
here is a website that talks about it.
http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:Acetone_as_a_Fuel_Additive
any other comments about this?
fixer67
06-13-2007, 02:35 AM
Well if it did work the price of acetone would jump sky high over night. I would even say that an "Acetone Tax" may spring up. I think I will just stick with what comes out of the pump. Gas has enough crap in it as it is. In fact it has some much in it now days I wonder just how much of it really is gas and how much if it is additives.