Comments on: Cutting Your Gas with Acetone

By: tj

tj — Mon, 02 May 2011 04:48:18 +0000

tried today.. 08 civic
3oz to 13gallon tank
204miles highway65-75, city drivivd 30miles stop and go.
filled up 5.1 gallons
thanks…… 40mpg!
i think it works..some city and highway
i filled up,no acetone added.. wait to empty tank to 1/4 and see results and add acetone again at that fill up, see what happens
p.s never got 40 before.

By: peter wolf

peter wolf — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 14:59:10 +0000

Hi guys…. Under NO circumstances use acetone… I ‘ve tried 4 oz per 20gallons of fuel in my 1997 lexus ls400. And after only one tank car is making knocking noises and possibly damaged fuel injectors or even other parts. I thought such a small ratio would not do any damage and ignore warnings of experienced mechanics. Yes just like many of you I wanted to increase MPG on my vehicle, and now I am stuck with much higher bill than I ever wanted. Acetone do not increase tour MPG whatsoever. It might clean engines from deposits but will damage engine’s vital parts in a process. It only (and this is just a speculation) might work on older carburetor style engines. Newer fuel injected engines are too sensitive for this kind of brutal treatment.

By: lose weight

lose weight — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 04:31:51 +0000

Thanks buddy. Nice article you have here. Have some more sites to link to which have a bit more stuff like this?

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:33:09 +0000

I put a 1/2tsp in my lawnmower and instead of 1500ml I used just under 1000ml.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 14:51:57 +0000

Hello. Well to the mythbusters, you cant believe everything on TV. I have been adding acetone to my vehicles for months now and I couldnt believe the difference it makes. I have an 02 explorer with 112K miles and it gets 22 mpg city and 29 mpg highway. I was hesitant at first but after reading many articles that is works I gave it a try. It will take about 4-5 tank fulls to get the maximum results. It is worth it and I will always add acetone when I fill up. Just 1 ounce per 5 gallons, no more than that. So I add 4 ounces per 20 gallon tank.

By: Doc W.

Doc W. — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:58:23 +0000

Wonderful results. 1979 ford bronco,400cid engine,4bbl, used 2oz./10gal and went from 12mpg to 17mpg! been consistantly getting this milage.WOW! never would of imagined this was possible by using 100%acetone. Also I own a 2007 chrysler sebring,2.4l,automatic trans. used to get 30-33mpg. use 2oz./10gal acetone/87oct.regular gas-no ethanol,now I get 37-39mpg! I drive hwy miles daily,and achieve consistant numbers.Both viehicles run excellent,and do not have any troubles since using acetone. 48k on chry.,and 90k on bronco. adding this to gas for 2yrs now. Just don’t add too much! You’ll defeat the whole purpose and milage will suffer.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:54:33 +0000

There was nothing confusing about this article at all… the author said upfront that he didn’t know enough to give a recomendation, and that instead this was an attempt to generate discussion (which appears to have been successful). Good Job Brian – Steve, it might be better if you had advised Brian of what specifically you think he did wrong and how to correct it.

By: Steve Bremer

Steve Bremer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 22:01:03 +0000

After reading this article, I am sure like many of you – feel confused… The auricle is like reading a false positive… Brian; where did you get your journalism from? Terrible!!!

By: andy

andy — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:57:16 +0000

there are actually some fuel treatments that have acetone in them.

By: veronica

veronica — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 21:05:50 +0000

I have been using acetone in my newbeetle for almost 1.5 years now, and now hate driving without it! def see an decrease mpg when you don’t use it!