Acetone: The Amazing Gasoline Additive Found in Make Up

I recently encountered a story concerning finger nail polish remover ( acetone ) as being a very good method of increasing one miles per gallon. I did a little research into the subject and uncovered some interesting facts. This research prompted me to try the additive to my own gas tank....and it seems to work.

You first determine how much fuel you intend to pump into your vehicle. This is important as you only want to add one ounce of acetone to 5 GALLONS of fuel. And a notation here...if you try this in winter..use about one third less acetone, as the fuel suppliers add some of their own additives for winter driving already...and you may want to adjust the acetone dosage to suit yourself. I drive a pick up truck which has a 25 gallon tank. With fuel being near three dollars per gallon I usually pop in 30 dollars to get 10 gallons of fuel. And before doing the pumping..I fill a little 4 ounce plastic bottle to the halfway mark with acetone. I pour in the acetone ( must be 100% and non colored or scented ) first, and then the gasoline. This enables the gasoline to completely mix in with the acetone. Here where I live the local gas stations have taken to requiring pre-pay before pumping. And, as acetone can evaporate very quickly, you will want to first pre-pay and be prepared to pump..before adding the acetone.

Here is what is happening with the acetone. It's all about causing the fuel to vaporize easier or faster. Now the fuel refining companies already do this with using certain other additives to help your engine to start easier and faster on cold winter mornings. And to also stabilize the fuel to make your vehicle more driveable and user friendly. You would NOT want to use the fuel before than have put in all the additives. The easier the fuel is to vaporize..the better gas/air mixture you are going to get and the easier and more completely it will burn...and the better the mixture and the burn..the more power it will create.