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NRG-Wise's Report of Acetone' Effect on Mileage and Performance
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Reports
The mileage tests that I have performed with this truck are city commuting miles only. Roughly 14 miles per day on the freeway going 65 and 6 miles per day on surface streets 0 - 40 mph.
Summary
- make & model of car
- 2002 Ford F-250 Powerstroke with 7.3 liter Turbo Diesel
- ratio(s) of acetone used (oz / 10 gal)
- @ 2oz/10 gal = 5.5 oz per 29 gal tank
- mileage before
- 17 city
- mileage after
- 15.3 city
- number of miles tested
- 409
- other observations
- This truck burns relatively clean for a diesel. Before adding acetone I would occasionally get a puff of black smoke only when I tromped on the accelerator. After adding acetone it seems to have smooth power and no black smoke what-so-ever.
Individual Reports
May 05, 2005
Just completed a round trip from Albuquerque, NM to Las Vegas, NV and back. Here are results with and without Acetone added. Conclusion: Hard to tell any difference. Will run this tank out and try a few more city tests.
| Miles traveled | Gallons used | MPG | Comments |
| 145.4 | 7.074 | 20.554 | (ABQ - Gallup, NM) only residual acetone |
| 148.6 | 6.253 | 23.765 | (Gallup - Winslow) |
| 207.4 | 12.04 | 17.226 | (Winslow - Kingman) |
| 301.2 | 15.318 | 19.663 | (Kingman - Vegas - Kingman) City driving in Vegas |
| Added 4 oz Acetone at this stop | |||
| 207.5 | 10.257 | 20.230 | (Kingman - Winslow) |
| 148.2 | 8.699 | 17.036 | (Winslow - Gallup) |
| (Gallup - ABQ) Still driving on this tank, will update next fill-up |
I started the trip out with only residual acetone in the tank from my last fill-up. I always get great mileage from the fuel from the Travel Station 17 miles East of Gallup the station is located right across the street from a refinery. However, in the past, the best mileage I've ever achieved out of Gallup was just over 21 mpg, so maybe there was enough acetone to make a difference, I just don't know how much was in there. Likewise, I always get the worst mileage from the Pilot station just off I-40 in Winslow.
April 19, 2005
Previous acetone tests on this vehicle have netted a loss in overall mileage. I may have been using too much acetone, so I ran a few tanks through without any acetone. This last tank-full I added the correct amount (5.5 oz per 29 gal) and got 15.3 mpg. This is after I corrected the amount that I actually filled up with by adding .043 gallons (this is the amount of acetone I added).
Contact
- email: gerrysmail@qwest.net
- User page
See also
- Acetone as Fuel Additive - directory
- Acetone Discussion List (http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/pes_acetone/messages)
- Fuel Efficiency directory index at PESWiki
