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Josh Shilling's Report of Acetone' Effect on Mileage and Performance
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Reports
April 17, 2005
I have a 99 Mercury Cougar 2.0L 4 cyl / automatic w/ 105k miles.
Over the past 1500 miles, my average mileage has been 29.2 mpg,
calculated based on gallons added and odometer reading. The car also
has in-dash mileage guage w/ trip and average feature.
My lowest mileage reading in the last 1500 miles was 27.7 mpg for a 200 mile interval. My highest reading has been 31.6, with 88 octane instead of 87. With 87 octane, the normal range is 29 to 30 mpg average.
Last Friday I filled up with 87 octane from the usual station by my house. I added 3.0 oz. acetone. My tank holds a maximum of 14.7 gallons even though the manual lists 14.0 miles as the capacity. Alcohol is not added to the fuel according to the station owner.
My initial results over the last 200 miles interval are 26 mpg, which I consider horrible in the Cougar- with just 87 octane, I can average 27 mpg going 90 plus miles per hour on the interstate on a long road trip. Driving routes are unchanged, with a mixture of 80% highway and 20% city. Air conditioner use is normal percentage, 10- 25%.
Today I reset the ECU just in case the ECU is not able to compensate this rapidly; however my knowledge of EEC-V tells me that the ECU should be able to modify changes to long term and short term fuel trim tables in the indicated cells within 50 miles (1 hour) at a normal throttle position and load value. I plan to log data over the next 200 miles and return to normal 87 to see if there is perhaps a mechanical problem, which I doubt.
Comments
I have a comment on many of the results posted here that contain to much 'car feels better' or 'smells better' type of results. I would like to see someone display a difference in long-term fuel trim tables showing use of acetone versus normal fuel. Such results could be easily and relatively cheaply obtained using a product such as CarChip E/X or ElmScan. A comparison of similar load values, and fuel pulse widths would provide a definitive result on the use of acetone.
My initial impression is that any mileage increases have been produced by people driving to save gas, as I am startled by the reduction in my mileage and I always drive to save gas (except on road trips).
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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
