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05-26-2007, 11:25 AM | #1 |
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Gas saving video
Check this video out, is it bs or it could be true?
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/524517...as_mileage_2x/ |
05-26-2007, 01:57 PM | #2 |
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I would do this also if I drove a neon.
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05-26-2007, 07:02 PM | #3 |
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Sounds a little to good to be true. What exactly would acetone do to your motor over an extended period of time?
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05-26-2007, 07:35 PM | #4 |
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All the suggestions up until Acetone are common sense. I am shore that they work to some degree. If Acetone was the answer we would have heard about it long before now. The only thing I can see it doing is breaking down any lubricants in the crankcase through combustion contamination.
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05-27-2007, 09:05 PM | #5 |
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05-27-2007, 10:25 PM | #6 |
Yup. Excessive amounts will eat thru rubber hoses and gas tank linings. What Acetone, MTBE, Methyl Alcohol etc.. do is increase octane.
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05-27-2007, 10:30 PM | #7 |
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05-28-2007, 10:02 AM | #8 |
Most of them, yeah. They mainly use Toluene and MTBE.
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05-28-2007, 10:51 AM | #9 |
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05-29-2007, 12:29 PM | #10 |
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05-30-2007, 03:54 AM | #11 |
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If it was a secret that oil companies didn't want us to know, then wouldn't mechanics, etc have worked it out? And the other 99+% of the population NOT in an oil company? Unfortunately the acetone thing will probably not change your mpg, but rather root your warranty. :(
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