Just google "acetone fuel additive". What is everyone's take on this?
In short mixing 1:5000 to 1:3000 parts acetone to gasoline will supposedly
aid fuel vaporization while reducing friction and emissions.
Every time I see news spread like this one has to wonder if it's another
hoax trying to better the KFC tube fed growth hormone genetically altered
chicken farm hoax. I digress.
Several years ago we had a car that would not pass smog check. NOx was
waaay off. As we were giving the car a major tune up, another friend comes
along with some "miracle" swill that was only $15. We shrug it off and
said, "Go for it". I remember the stuff was suppose to be mixed 1oz per 10
gallons(?), but at the time a half a bottle's worth (~20 times too much)
seemed easier to calculate.
The car passed after cutting the NOx levels over half and reducing CO and HC
as well. Of course we attributed the tune up as the fix.
About 15 months later the car was sold and had to be re-smogged. The
emissions were pegged over the limits, identical to the prior test readings.
We went through the engine in disbelief that some nail polish remover
smelling stuff was really what passed the car over a year before. It
worked the 2nd time too. The stuff used was called BlueSky
<somethingoranother>. Not like I tried to asphyxiate on the stuff but it
did have an acetone like smell to it.
You'll find that most of the information mentions ScanGauge, which appears
to be some homebrewed microcontroller module that attaches to (late model)
diagnostic ports. Almost seems like they were responsible for putting the
word out. Not too much mention of other diagnostic modules that do the
same thing so it makes me think "hype"; or..
If it is true (and doesn't pose a threat to eating up gaskets, etc) I've
heard Listers say they have used acetone to flush brake lines, prepare gas
tanks, scrape glue off, destroy paint jobs.. 101 uses for acetone?
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