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Re: Acetone

Postby gotgcoalman » Mon Mar 14, 2016 11:44 am

latest figures in.............

Didn't have to rag the arse off it this time :)

Normal/usual driving last tank full.
Not driving miss daisy trying to get better economy either.

29.48 mpg average :D

Or about 442 miles/tank.

Off to the pound shop for some more acetone (same price as Savers but they sell fag papers)

Need to find somewhere to buy it by the litre or gallon. :idea:
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Re: Acetone

Postby Dodge20 » Mon Mar 14, 2016 3:08 pm

We've got 200,000 litres on site at any given time where I work :D ,but it ain't worth my job if I get caught trying to smuggle some out.
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Re: Acetone

Postby mjsroofing » Mon Mar 14, 2016 6:46 pm

So how much acetone are you putting in the tank then and what type of acetone, is there more than one type.
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Re: Acetone

Postby gotgcoalman » Mon Mar 14, 2016 9:21 pm

mjsroofing wrote:So how much acetone are you putting in the tank then and what type of acetone, is there more than one type.


Acetone is from either Savers or the pound shop (depending on the need for fag papers)



150ml for £1 at either (does 2 tankfulls and a bit left over )

Claims to be 100% pure on the bottle,

The cap of the bottle holds 10ml so there is a bit of guess work when filling up.

Roughly 1ml of acetone to 1 litre of fuel.

Dont mind experimenting with fuel enchancing.

Spent 2 years trying to make a decent HHO cell.
3 explosions later the wife banned me from continuing.
I was aiming for 2L/min of hydrogen with a 5 amp draw.

Hydrogen is such an unforgiving gas :cry:

So acetone is safe and hasn't rotted pump seals as yet.
No fuel lines have dropped off.
Van starts as it should.
I'll run this next tank in driving miss daisy mode and see if 30+ mpg average
is possible.

Then do a couple of tanks without acetone to get a better idea of weather it is actually helping fuel economy.

Will keep you posted.
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Re: Acetone

Postby Transitbob tdi » Tue Mar 15, 2016 12:24 am

I'm having some of this! More mpg, quieter & smoother running? Complete no brainer for me.
The wife's always got acetone in the house so I'll add a splash to my Astra 1.7dti tomorrow & see how it goes. Its not bad on fuel by any stretch(60+mpg on a run) but, if more is possible for pennies, then deal me in! 8)

If I get good results, then both Transits will soon be running it too.
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