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...well, I can attest to acetone's ability to dissolve rubber gaskets in carburetors!
...back during the first OPEC embargo (1970's), put 1 pint of acetone in 12 gallons of gasoline and within 15 minutes the engine started coughing and died. Black streaks (like women's mascara in the rain) down the sides of the float bowl clued me. Pulled the top of the 2BBL carburetor (Ford Pinto 1.6 FOB) and the whole float bowl was BLACK with dissolved gasket materials.
...called the Ford dealership (my father-in-law was a mechanic there) and learned that acetone and rubber (and some cheap neoprenes) do NOT "play nice" together.
...never wanted to repeat that "experiment" again. But, you're welcomed to "learn for yourself"! Maybe today's gasket materials are impervious to acetone (?!?) but with todays fuel injection, instead of carburetors, it's gonna co$t a lot more to undo any disasterous learning lesson(s).
Last edited by gone-ot; 12-17-2009 at 03:22 PM..
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