Tsikot.Com Acetone/Gasoline Test 2005

The Car: 1999 Toyota Corolla 1.6 GLi A/T
Typical Milage: 5.5 to 6km/L all city driving with a/c always on.
Typical Destinations: Cubao, Makati, San Juan, Mandaluyong, Manila.

Fuel Used: Shell Unleaded (approx 93 octane)
Gas Station: Shell @ Ortigas/Connecticut, San Juan.


Status/Results: (as compared to 5.75km/L)

First dose results (60mL per 40L) = 6.44km/L (12% gain in fuel milage)
Second dose results (75mL per 40L) = 6.53km/L (13.56% gain in fuel milage)
Third dose results (90mL per 40L) = 6.05km/L (5.2% gain in fuel milage) *see below
Fourth dose results (90mL per 40L) = 6.1km/L
Fifth dose results (60mL per 40L) = 6.8km/L

April 07, 2005

Today I filled my tank with 60mL of acetone and filled the rest of the fuel tank with Shell Unleaded gasoline.

After half a day and 12km, there was no difference in how the car behaved in starting, accelerating or idling.

April 11, 2005

so far I have used up about 1/4 of my tank of acetone treated gasoline. Typically I get about 60 to 70km at this point with "normal" gasoline. I got slightly over 80km (83km to be exact). That is about a 30% improvement assuming the basis is 65km @ 1/4 tank consumed.

Note: At this point, the "gains" are unofficial because any car's fuel level guage can be relatively inaccurate. The official km/L will be when I fill up my fuel tank again. Based on current consumption, it will be at the end of the week.

April 13, 2005

Given my fuel guage is still above 1/4 line (fuel remaining), I went ahead to fill up my gasoline tank. My trip odometer registered 191.5km while 29.7L of gasoline was filled into my tank. That computes to about 6.44km/L fuel milage. Its an increase but not as much as I was expecting. Given the increase is only 12%, I cannot consider it to prove anything at this point.

When I filled my gas tank, I poured in approx 2.5oz per 10 gallons equivalent of acetone. Maybe a slightly stronger dose will give better results. I'll know in a week's time.

April 19, 2005

Finally, I went back to Shell @ Ortigas Ave to fill up my fuel tank.  Current gasoline price is now around P31.50 from about P30.50 per liter.  My trip odometer registered 223.9km while 34.3L of gasoline filled my tank.  That is 6.53km/L fuel milage.

This time, I poured in the equivalent of 3oz (roughly 90mL) of acetone per 10 gallons gasoline.  Hopefully this could get me a bit more milage.

A minor note, the car felt a bit more "energetic" at the 2.5oz dose level.  But since its only a "seat of the pants" feeling, I can't really verify any real gains in terms of performance.

I bought my current supply of pure acetone from Unimart in Greenhills.  Price is at P12.50 per 120mL plastic bottle.

April 25, 2005

I went back to Shell to fill my talk after nearly a week.  Downside, I've been doing a bit more of "hataw" during this tankful, like late last night where I've been doing "Ferrari Tune-Ups".   I guess it showed in my gas milage for this week which resulted with 6.05km/L.  (I guess watching 2 Fast 2 Furious can have side effects on driving styles on certain people  :grin:  )

I'll try to do another week with 3oz concentration level to get more "accurate" results.

May 04, 2005

This would probably be my last update.  Anyway, I've have had two fill-ups since my last update.  Kinda weird result for the 90mL per 40L dose since I got a relatively low milage result (6.1km/L) with my normal/typical driving.  Just to verify, I added enough acetone to adjust my fuel tank mixture to be around 60mL per 40L ratio (actually slightly over) and resulted in a 6.8km/L milage for that tank full.

Given the conversion of oz and gallons.
3oz for every 10 gallons
1oz = 29ml
10gallons = 40liters (approx)
87ml for every 40 liters of gasoline
58ml for every 30 liters of gasoline




Some suggested reading on the subject:

http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm

very interesting experiment.  

Quote from: ghosthunter on May 13, 2005, 06:49:02 PM
Given the conversion of oz and gallons.
3oz for every 10 gallons
1oz = 29ml
10gallons = 40liters (approx)
87ml for every 40 liters of gasoline
58ml for every 30 liters of gasoline




Some suggested reading on the subject:

http://pesn.com/2005/03/17/6900069_Acetone/

http://www.lubedev.com/smartgas/additive.htm

Interesting read!

hopefully this will give some of you guys an alternative to saving some fuel in our rides.  

Interesting.

nice read this is much better ng any gas saving device...

baka acetone naman ang mag taas! he he

Interesting read

Acetone, as in acetone one can buy at those beauty salon supply stores or mercury drug?

Quote from: thunder on May 16, 2005, 10:26:22 AM


Acetone, as in acetone one can buy at those beauty salon supply stores or mercury drug?

Yep. One and the same.

I really find it farfetched, but maybe if one can give an official result here in the Philippines, this would be very great news

Quote from: R-A-Y on May 16, 2005, 10:53:39 AM
Yep. One and the same.

I really find it farfetched, but maybe if one can give an official result here in the Philippines, this would be very great news

Is this the same(or almost the same) as adding kerosene to a tankful of diesel fuel to improve performance? I heard about this years ago from a friend who is into collecting MB 123 bodies who does it to the diesel variants in his collection.

the accepted reason why acetone increases the milage in gasoline and diesel fed engines is because it decreases the surface tension of the said fuel.  If you decrease the surface tension, it aids in the atomization (spray into very small droplets) of the fuel in the air intake charge cycle of the engine.

may side effects kaya to?

2 questions in mind as of the moment:

1.  how does this affect the octane rating of the fuel?
2.  if you notice, Shell advertises its current fuels as "better mileage" gasolines.. may acetone na kaya itong mga to?