acetone in cadillac fleetwood

me ^ | 6/29/07 | Neil

[kinganil]

I was trying to put some pure acetone which I just bought for 5 dollars for 32oz into my car

[kinganil]

I was trying to put some pure acetone which I just bought for 5 dollars for 32oz into my car, and i only had about a gallon of gas inside so i was putting about 6 ml worth and i used a medicine measuring cup lil thing ontop of medicine bottles and as i was walkin to the car the acetone started coming out and it had ate through the bottom of the cup thing!. I have a 1994 cadillac fleetwood and it has the 5.7 LT1 engine in it do you think I will get a drastic improvement in mpg efficiency?

[DB]

I’m no expert but it sounds like a really stupid thing to do.

[nuconvert]

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[bill1952]

You signed up today to post this question? Are you nuts?

[trumandogz]

Great idea. Your gas milage will increase greatly once the Fleetwood craps out on you and you have to ride the bus.

[Global2010]

Newbie alert.
IBTZot.

[cardinal4]

Why dont you just get bike like all the other Global Warming cultists?

[jazusamo]

ibtz

[trumandogz]

This is far too funny to be zotted.

[cabojoe]

You could have bought another gallon of gas, then you would have had two gallons and been able to travel twice as far.

[sausageseller]

Many people are mixing acetone with their gas. They say it improves the mpg.

[doorgunner69]

They say it improves the mpg.

Also excellent as a paint protectant and plastic cleaner!

[Wheee The People]

Welcome...Put some on your crank shaft.

[Swordmaker]

I have a 1994 cadillac fleetwood and it has the 5.7 LT1 engine in it do you think I will get a drastic improvement in mpg efficiency?

WHAT? There are many plastic parts in the fuel system of that vintage car that can be eroded by acetone... Who told you it was a good idea? Unless I was assured by a Cadillac Fuel System Engineer that all parts in the fuel pathway, including the injectors were acetone proof, I would not do it.

[nuconvert]

LOL!

[Old Professer]

That’s about as vintage as a bottle of Ripple from the backroom of a Watts liquor store.

[Covenantor]

Let me get this straight.

I was trying to put some pure acetone which I just bought for 5 dollars for 32oz into my car, and i only had about a gallon of gas inside

You purchase acetone at $20/gal to get better mileage?

How about just buying more gasoline? You should get about 6 gallons plus. At least your travel range would increase without fouling fuel lines, filters etc.

But hey, it's your car.

[indcons]

Are you a blog pimp with a not-so-ulterior motive or are you merely a troll?

In either case, IBTZ.

[Bubba]

I prefer scotch. just run through the kidneys and in the tank it goes. then i’m too tanked to drive so i just set behind the wheel and go budden... budden. Heck... i’ve personally seen that thing run all night long on next to nothing.

OooooooooooooooooooooK?

[Petronski]

Let me understand this: you measured the acetone in a plastic medicine cup?

[quantim]

Pure acetone?

Personally, I use perfumed nail polish remover as it makes the exhaust smell pretty.

[sausageseller]

I prefer beer. It has better emissions.

[linn37]

I wonder if that would work for hubby, is drinking acetone ok? tee heee

[babyfreep]

You just want more MySpace friends, don’t you? awwwwww....

[restornu]

What’s your point to let us know you set your car on fire?

[indcons]

I wonder if this thread is going to get zotted at all. The poster is obviously not a very sharp person (to say the least) and FReepers are compassionate, if not anything else.

[garyhope]

You will not get better gas mileage from acetone until you learn to properly write a simple declaritive and at least semi-literate sentence.

That would be a good start to better gas mileage, saving the precious “environment” and preventing so called “global warming?.

[peteram]

Um, so maybe you decide to put it in your tank AFTER a few wafts up your nose?

[theDentist]

Dear VP Gore,

Dumb move. You are the anal king.

[restornu]

This could be a signal or he could be passing a message in code the way things happen now days!

[cardinal4]

Why dont you just mix the gas with the old bong water?

[SGCOS]

...6 ml worth and i used a medicine measuring cup lil thing ontop of medicine bottles and as i was walkin to the car the acetone started coming out and it had ate through the bottom of the cup thing!

[So I continued to put it in my gas tank]

[crickets]

[bill1952]

You beat me to it. I had to scroll back up to see if I had misread the post - if it was a 64, maybe.... Too funny.

[restornu]

All be darn!

Discussion topic: Acetone to increase fuel MPG? in the Hot Tub Forum
http://autopia.org/forum/hot-tub/54346-acetone-increase-fuel-mpg.html

[ThomasThomas]

It’s that finger nail polisher remover?

[ThomasThomas]

It’s that finger nail polisher remover?

[gondramB]

Just in case anybody is taking this troll seriously...

1. Acetone has a lower heat content than gasoline but costs more. It is not economical. Or magic.

2. If you uses enough of it you can actually be charged for the missing fuel taxes you are avoiding.

3. Acetone can be harmful to a variety of gaskets, Orings and hoses etc.

[gondramB]

>>It’s that finger nail polisher remover?<<

Actually most nail polish remover is acetone free because of health issues.

[Swordmaker]

That’s about as vintage as a bottle of Ripple from the backroom of a Watts liquor store.

Vintage used as year of manufacture... not in the "classic car" sense.

[TheSpottedOwl]

I miss Ripple. Pagan Pink was my favorite in high school :)

[TheSpottedOwl]

Actually most nail polish remover is acetone free because of health issues.

Actually, acetone "eats" fake fingernails. Lots of women have fake nails, therefore they use acetone free nail polish remover, in between visits to Little Saigon.

[TheSpottedOwl]

Ooops, where are my manners. Welcome to Free Republic!!! Here’s a frosty mug of whatever :)

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

ROFLMAO

[tacticalogic]

Don’t use the little measuring cup things for acetone. That’s what styrofoam coffee cups are for.

[davetex]

I hear in Mexico they prefer using:
2 parts acetone
7 parts automatic transmission fluid
4 parts isopropal
1 splash of triple sec

[Wheee The People]

I miss Ripple. Pagan Pink was my favorite in high school :)

If the words "Annie Green Springs" mean anything to you, you're an old fart.

[MindBender26]

>>>as i was walkin to the car the acetone started coming out and it had ate through the bottom of the cup thing!. I have a 1994 cadillac fleetwood and it has the 5.7 LT1 engine in it do you think I will get a drastic improvement in mpg efficiency?

MPG improvement? no, I do think you sniffed the acetone fumes for way too long.

[MindBender26]

>>>That’s about as vintage as a bottle of Ripple from the backroom of a Watts liquor store.

Hey, lighten up on the Ripple. Ripple got me through college... and lucky a number of times in the back seat of my 57 Rambler back then!

[JRios1968]

Life is tough, but it’s tougher when you’re stupid.
John Wayne

[MindBender26]

>>>I prefer beer. It has better emissions.

I don’t know about your car, but I have horrible personal emissions when I drink too much beer.