The other guys' results I'm not sure I believe because there's too many factors that can/are involved. At least with BigTex it will be as you said, a controlled environment so to speak.

 

Yea it's hard to believe it works until you try it. Bigtex's test will be the best because makes the same drive everyday. As far as my testing i never got over 14.5 mpg towing so the 15.9 mpg proves that it helps some. Some people can't even get 15 mpg in a 1/2 ton tow nothing.

 

chingon please re-read this post. I have been monitoring the mileage on both my trucks since they left the lot. I have ziploc bags full of gas receipts with the mileage written down on them. I have had the tahoe for 3.5 years so I think that rules out a fluke......

Like stated above the truck got 18.2 when brand spanking new on a trip to break her in......never again since. I was lucky to hit 17.xx on the highway before the test. It averaged between 15 and 16 with my wife driving back and forth to work. I will be anxious to see how much difference it makes in the daily driving my wife does. I am still monitoring it. I am sold on the stuff.

I wish I had a bore scope to see if it is blowing the carbon off the pistons. I attribute carbon build up to the dimenishing mileage.....

 

No one has mentioned possible effects on emissions and emissions equipment such as the catalytic converter. Some fuel injector cleaners used to have lead in them that's why they couldn't be used in newer cars but now the cleaners are primarily kerosene-based. Do any of the chemical engineers on this thread know whether or not acetone byproducts would harm/deactivate the catalytic converter?

 

Just got back after doing an exact 400 miles on my truck with the acetone in it.
Put the acetone in when I had 10 miles on the tank.
(That far from home to station)

About 80 miles where below 50 mph on surface roads and country roads.

I did 70-75 mph on the freeway, I've done this before without the acetone.

The gasoline I filled up with was non-reformulated (no methanol) 93 octane.

My mileage before was 15-15.5 mpg MAX.

I got 17mpg with 2oz of Acetone per 10 gallons of gasoline.

I think it works, but is it worth it?

If our tanks are 25 gallons I would get 388 miles out of a tank with straight gas.

With acetone added at 2oz per 10 gallons I would get 425 miles out of a tank.

A 37 miles increase, at $2.50 a gallon for premium here thats 2.18 gallons ahead for a grand total savings of $5.44.

A 32oz container of Acetone is about $5.00 here. You would have enough Acetone to do 6.4 25 gallon tankfulls or 160 gallons of gasoline.

This would cost you 15.625 cents per oz of Acetone for a total of 78 cents per 25 gallons if you did the 2oz per 10 gallon ratio.

So spending 78 cents to save $4.66 dollars seems good to me.

I hope I did the all math right.

 

whats in this stuff, look here.

http://www.bu.edu/es/labsafety/ESMSD...l#anchor888189

 

Is everyone trying this experiment using just premium gas?? I still only use regular. Has anyone switched from regular to premium just for this experiment??

 

Have to use premium, I have an STS with a Nelson tune dude.

 

Same here

 

same here and i used mid grade for my test