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Old 09-21-2012, 11:08 PM   #71 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ecomodded View Post
Ron this is a fraud mod, it does not work, people add it to their tanks then stop abusing the gas pedal, then claim the acetone did it. A common problem with the amateurs that set out to prove their pet theories.
I don't think you can legitimately discount it without testing it yourself -- that is just unscientific. If someone reported getting good results with it, it would be extreme hubris on your part to summarily dismiss it.

I do agree that testing in a vehicle is difficult because it is near impossible to control for all the factors. It would be much better to test the efficacy of acetone (or anything else) using an engine hooked up to a dynamometer, where all the variables could be controlled.

In the article I read, the findings reported it only worked in older vehicle, and not in newer vehicles. I may be wrong, but I believe the tests did not include E10 gasoline. If so nothing could be said of it until it was tested with E10 fuel.

In any regard, any idea is worth testing

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