From: ghille@writeme.com
Date: Fri May 19 2006 - 06:59:09 PDT
Acetone will reduce your MPG. It is great for breaking down varnish gasoline, but it will not help with fuel economy. Sorry, but what about propane conversions?
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> From: "Marty Galyean" <marty@heavyreckoning.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Subject: Re: [MV] Cheap hydrogen fuel for diesel or gas - "Brown's gas" from water -acetone
> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 07:06:56 -0400
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> Patrick Jankowiak wrote:
>
> > ...
> > In a direct port-injected 2002 ford crown victoria, I have now
> > completed this trial through 10 tanks of approximately that
> > 2oz./10gal mix and found the mileage unchanged, that is, changed
> > so little that I did not notice it by odometer and gallons. At
> >
> I've no horse in the "acetone" race, but if the weather was cooler,
> your mileage will drop as the engine stays in open loop longer
> (typically much richer mix). It would be more noticeable on a
> shorter commute (in other words, the percentage the engine warmup
> is of total driving). My commute is 5 minutes and my winter
> mileage drops about 3 points in the winter because nearly the
> entire trip is in open loop.
>
> It is hard to do real tests when weather is part of the eqn.
>
> Marty
>
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