DOUBLE your mpg..!!??

[JEZ.S320L]

Interesting link:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a48_1192269018


Any of you petrolheads want to try the Acetone additive..??


Not ME - I'm an oil-burner ................. :lol:

 

[42864]

Why don't I believe him ?????

 

[Legoman]

lol if that was the case , they would already be adding it to the fuel .

 

[stevesey]

Interesting link:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a48_1192269018


Any of you petrolheads want to try the Acetone additive..??


Not ME - I'm an oil-burner ................. :lol:

I thought the benefits of acetone were supposed to be more significant in diesels?

See here also http://pages.prodigy.net/jforgione/MB_ace.html

Have been thinking of trying it for a year or so now - just never got around to it.

 

[angst]

Must try this

I found after accidentally putting some diesel into the petrol tank I got a bit more mileage!

 

[television]

You cant save 4 mpg by turning the Air con off for a start, what he took out of the boot would make no difference

 

[whitenemesis]

I know it's always been said but I have never found an improvement switching off the aircon. Not in this or my previous car.

Does the aircon not cut in and out as required (it did on my previous car)? Or does the compressor run continuously? I know it cuts out under heavy acceleration.

 

[television]

The compressor runs all of the time these days but if the air con is turned off the loading on the compressor stops.

 

[whitenemesis]

I understood the pully on the compressor has an electronic clutch?

 

[television]

I understood the pully on the compressor has an electronic clutch?

They did up to around 2000-2001 my SL has no clutch, so we have to be careful now when we ask people if the clutch engages

 

[JEZ.S320L]

lol if that was the case , they would already be adding it to the fuel .

The cynic in me says "Why would the fuel companies do such a thing"? Their fuel sales would be down - and their profits would drop. Unhappy shareholders?

 

[television]

The cynic in me says "Why would the fuel companies do such a thing"? Their fuel sales would be down - and their profits would drop. Unhappy shareholders?

I feel sure that some fuel supplier would have added it just to get the publicity if it worked, think of the advertising blurb, "our petrol gives you more MPG"

 

[JEZ.S320L]

I feel sure that some fuel supplier would have added it just to get the publicity if it worked, think of the advertising blurb, "our petrol gives you more MPG"

Spot the flaw?

What if this increase in mpg really WAS the case? Do you not think that all the oil companies would agree NOT to use it, for the very reason stated?

It's just like the everlasting lightbulb..!!!

 

[television]

Spot the flaw?

What if this increase in mpg really WAS the case? Do you not think that all the oil companies would agree NOT to use it, for the very reason stated?

It's just like the everlasting lightbulb..!!!

How many everlasting light bulbs would you like :roll::roll:

 

[240D 3.0VNTi]

Acetone does not work. I've tried it, no change what-so-ever.

 

[jberks]

Question is, what would it cost them to add acetone?
If they did, it would reduce their cost per gallon but they could charge a lot more.
I suspect there is a price to be paid at some point. Either the fumes produced are highly toxic and illegal or else there is substantial damage caused to the engine through prolonged use. Also, I wonder what it does to the plastic components in your fuel system!

 

[240D 3.0VNTi]

17mpg in a 4-cylinder sedan is horrible. 34mpg is what that thing SHOULD be getting in the first place!

 

[television]

17mpg in a 4-cylinder sedan is horrible. 34mpg is what that thing SHOULD be getting in the first place!

And your gallons are smaller than ours

 

[kingsize]

If anyone is interested, i have for sale a fully working perpetual motion machine.......

 

[whitenemesis]

Is it garranteed for life?