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04-28-2007, 01:31 PM
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Acetone additive : big dissappointment
Well as I said in another thread, I saw an improvement in FC by adding acetone to fuel (around 8% improvement). That was on regular driving. But today I made a better controlled test on a 19,5 km runway that gave no improvement of acetone additive over regular fuel.
Here are the facts of the test conducted on rural roads mostly flat with 3 stops and 2 low gear cornering. Round trip starting at a standstill. Wind NE 20 kmh. I did the runway 5 times, 2 without acetone , 2 with acetone 1:1000 ( 1 part for 1000 parts fuel), these four at low economy speed, and a fifth one at regular speed just for sake of comparison on FE.
Car: Smart diesel 800cc turbo 40HP.
Pavement: dry even under little drizzle
Temperature : 5?C covered.
Speed: Slow economy speed around 60-65 kmh.
Load: avg around 40 tail wind and around 50 head wind.
Acceleration: Load around 60 (or 70 going uphill).
Measuring tool : Scangage 2
Here are the results:
Without acetone additive:
1st run: 2,3 li/100 avg speed 57 kmh.
2nd run: 2,2 li/100 avg speed 55 kmh.
With acetone (1:1000):
3rd run: 2,3 li/100 avg speed 55 kmh.
4th run: 2,2 li/100 avg speed 55 kmh.
With acetone regular speed (no comparaison here):
5th run : 3,2 li/100 avg speed 70 kmh.
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04-28-2007, 01:53 PM
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it might be because its a diesel anyone else think so?
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04-28-2007, 02:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Hockey4mnhs
it might be because its a diesel anyone else think so?
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Nah, I think it's because acetone doesn't improve your gas mileage.
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04-28-2007, 02:17 PM
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*shrug*
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Originally Posted by Hockey4mnhs
it might be because its a diesel anyone else think so?
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I think so! And I also think the reason I didn't see any improvement was because I have a gas engine, if you get my drift.
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04-28-2007, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Hockey4mnhs
it might be because its a diesel anyone else think so?
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Not really... one of the claimed benefits is better vaporization of fuel.... Gasoline, diesel, kerosene, etc. etc. all need to be in vapor form to combust...
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04-28-2007, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Hockey4mnhs
it might be because its a diesel anyone else think so?
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I don't think so ! Acetone is said to be better with diesel engine !
Well we'll see later with another test ( the last one) when my tank will be clean of acetone. Next one will be done on a longer run, and at higher speed.
A few doubts persist : The first one, last time I didn't see improvement on the scanguage but 8% improvement at the end of the tank with pen & paper calc.
Second doubt, maybe the acetone used today was too old, I mean pre-mix last fall with diesel. I will try to find out later.....
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04-30-2007, 10:28 AM
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I don't know what the gig with Acetone is. I don't know if it's because it's diesel or not. What I do know is I tried it with a Honda civic and I didn't see any measurable or noticible improvement.
One problem I have encountered is that with out better tools than my gas tank and filling, it is pretty tough to get a real good measurement over a short period of time. Their is enough variations from one fill to another, to see improvements and then some of them, like acetone, seem to not be repeatable over a longer period of time.
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04-30-2007, 10:34 AM
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Ya, my individual tanks bounce around a lot. Even a three-point moving average of the FE numbers bounces around a lot. Gotta get a SGII.
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04-30-2007, 10:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Gary Palmer
I don't know what the gig with Acetone is. I don't know if it's because it's diesel or not. What I do know is I tried it with a Honda civic and I didn't see any measurable or noticible improvement.
One problem I have encountered is that with out better tools than my gas tank and filling, it is pretty tough to get a real good measurement over a short period of time. Their is enough variations from one fill to another, to see improvements and then some of them, like acetone, seem to not be repeatable over a longer period of time.
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Well Gary, it's quite obvious to me that you're a spy for the oil company and you're only here to put out disinformation to prevent other people from knowing the truth about acetone.
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07-25-2008, 12:10 PM
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Diesel was the culprit
Ya, I also think it was the diesel fuel. Acetone only works with gasoline operated engines. Also, the combustion process is totally different when gasoline and diesel are compared.
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