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Christ · 07-08-2009, 10:23 PM

So, you added it to your gas? Or you used it to remove the adhesive left behind by the badges?

I've added Acetone, Xylene, Toluene, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, and several other "bad" things to my engine before, because they were free and I knew I'd need gas before I could afford it again... none of them did anything to my MPGs, at least that I could ever tell from tank to tank measurements...

The Acetone may have (possibly) damaged a seal or something in your fuel system, so you may be leaking slight amounts of fuel, not enough to really know it.

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Christ Moderate your Moderation. Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Troy, Pa. Posts: 8,382 Herbie - '86 Golf Diesel 90 day: 51.89 mpg (US) Steve - '92 Festiva Thanks: 955 Thanked 324 Times in 273 Posts	So, you added it to your gas? Or you used it to remove the adhesive left behind by the badges? I've added Acetone, Xylene, Toluene, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, and several other "bad" things to my engine before, because they were free and I knew I'd need gas before I could afford it again... none of them did anything to my MPGs, at least that I could ever tell from tank to tank measurements... The Acetone may have (possibly) damaged a seal or something in your fuel system, so you may be leaking slight amounts of fuel, not enough to really know it. __________________ "¿ʞɐǝɹɟ ɐ ǝɹ,noʎ uǝɥʍ 'ʇı ʇ,usı 'ʎlǝuol s,ʇı"