Curious about something an old mechianic told me
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Curious about something an old mechianic told me
Was I talkin to this guy at car quest who was apparently a jeep fan, and after talking about my low gas mileage(last time I did the math it was 8.5! I do a lot of beach crusing) he suggested that I go out and buy some acetone (PURE!) and dump about half a gallon into u tank along with at least ten gallons of gas to clean the system out reall good.
Anyone ever heard of this?
Anyone ever heard of this?
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I have heard of using acetone as a mileage booster. It is supposed to make the gasoline vaporize better. But the ratio of acetone to gas is much less, more like 4 oz. per 10 gallons of gas. I tried it for awhile, and didn't notice any difference.
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i am unsure of acetone but in a related topic. adding tolulene(speeling may be off) to gas to add octane. ive heard of old drag racers doing this in a 1third tolulene to 2 thirds 92 octane gas. i think the only thing acetone would do is pull water out of the gas . id google it tho and see.
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Seafoam works great esp when used as directed. Ive used it many times on several different rides ive had and never had an issue. Personally i love the stuff and would recomend it to anyone. Its great for removing sludge buildup in your engine. Pour in 1/3 of a bottle in Your engine oil about 250 miles before your oil change. Then pour 1/3 in a full tank of gas (i did it on half a tank). Lastly the remaining 1/3 goes in your brake booster tube. Awesome stuff after 3 treatments over three oil changes, by the time i was ready for my last change my oil still looked new and my jeep had 165k miles atthe time
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