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Additional tips:

1. Doing this with higher octane fuels has better results
2. You don’t need to use more than the prescribed 2oz per 10 gallons
3. Higher compression engines see better results
4. Keep your air filter clean, a dirty air filter can cause loss of gas mileage by up to 10%
5. Replace worn spark plugs, old plugs can reduce fuel economy by 30%
6. Properly inflated tires can effect up to 1 mile per gallon, that could be 20 miles per tank
7. Make sure you gas cap is always secured and tight
8. Avoid excessive idling…obviously you realize idling gets 0 miles per gallon =)
9. Excess weight = more energy to move it

Frequently Asked Questions About Acetone

Is acetone harmful to my valves?

No. What is harmful is late timing or lean mixtures and unburned fuel. But these first two conditions generally disappeared when they put in computers to manage your engine settings. The harm of acetone is one of the myths being passed around to naive listeners by Big Oil. No valve has ever been hurt simply by using a tiny bit of acetone in gasoline or diesel fuel. Acetone is good for engines. Acetone cannot harm metal but weird experts are claiming it will corrode metals. Other so-called experts do not know the correct chemical structure of acetone. And one self-styled fuel expert did not know the difference between rubber and n-Buna, yet he was critical of acetone. Some claim it is explosive when it is one of the slowest burning hydrocarbons. But they have never used it. And so on.

Acetone & Xylene In Gas

Acetone and Xylene, I was reading about it on smartgas.net and decided to give it a try in 2005 and I have been using it since. I have 3 vehicles,

1: 2003 black Saturn Vue 4 cyl.

2: 2003 Blue Saturn Vue 6 cyl.

3: 2004 Chev. Venture Van 6 cyl.

All vehicles had 3oz. of Acetone added per 15 Gallons of gas and 14oz. of Xylene added per 15 Gallons of gas.

In all 3 vehicles the use of Acetone and Xylene added 3-4 miles per gallon!

In all 3 vehicles the engine ran much smoother and had better response.

In all 3 vehicles you can barely smell the exhaust, acetone and Xylene really help to cut down on emissions.
I also skip every other tank full on the fuel additives, my mileage seems to stay up even on the tank of fuel without the additives. I skip every other tank of fuel so I don’t get a acetone build up and don’t lose any mileage because of that.

Rod Sutphin

Is acetone going to make my gasoline burn faster?

Absolutely not. The tiny amount of acetone we recommend has zero effect on the base chemistry of the fuel. Acetone does not make gasoline burn faster but it DOES make it burn better, especially in second stage combustion where fuel usually burns inefficiently. The combustion rate is determined by compression ratio and the molecular composition of the many components in gasoline. The gas still remains 99.7-percent gasoline. Saying something idiotic like that is a deliberate attempt to undermine acetone as a mileage aid. The smoothness of engines with acetone is remarkable. A faster burning fuel would knock and run rough, which is certainly not the case with acetone. What does happen is much more complete combustion, a much lower rate of emissions and better MPG.

Author: Louis LaPointe

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