Dickensheets Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 My neighbor suggeted it. Anyone running acetone with each fill up??? rd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86subaru Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 i have tried it on a ea82 motor just 1 time with no results, but acetone is found in some injector cleaners, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine73 Posted April 15, 2007 Share Posted April 15, 2007 I've tried some various mixtures; my favorite is about 1:1:1 acetone, xylene, toluene. You'll hear thoughts both for and against. I'm not sure I've noticed much difference with any of this acetone, xylene, toluene mixes. edit: though these can be the good makings of a nice diy octane booster/cleaner. If you look at many non-chlorinated brake cleaners, they tend to have at least acetone xylene and toluene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 If you read the two first threads in the "similar threads" box at the bottom, it might answer your question. In the future, use the search feature in the control bar up top for something like this before posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davalos Posted April 16, 2007 Share Posted April 16, 2007 There are a couple other threads, like he said. I've been using it on & off for about 6 months. There are times when I see a good bump, and other times when it doesn't seem to make a difference at all. But my driving is by no means consistent between tankfills. The one thing I do notice is that the exhaust smells WAY different when I do tanks with acetone. The other thing that I can say is that when I did my complete re-seal in January, I couldn't find a lick of glazing in the motor (has 166K on it), but who knows if that was the acetone or not - it might have been nice & clean the whole time. My acetone cost me $13 for the gallon, and it's lasted me more than 6 months so far, and I have a decent amount left. I haven't done the math to see if it's worth it. I've been stopped a couple times @ the gas station adding it with my funnel (I keep a shot-glass and a funnel in my side-rear cubby ...), and I get mixed reactions from the general public - everything from "wow, that's awesome!" to "You are insane, stay away from me" ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CamoMan Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Down here in NC the old country folks swear by Kerosene in everything, tho I've never tried it, even in the coolent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hendrik Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 My neighbor suggeted it. Anyone running acetone with each fill up??? rd Tried it for two months , no difference in MPG . May be cleaned the injectors , did run faster in idle for a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forester2002s Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 Down here in NC the old country folks swear by Kerosene in everything, tho I've never tried it, even in the coolent Good for blockages of the human kind too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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