# Acetone in Gas

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** fuel-economy\
**Created:** [November 3, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776 "2007-11-03T16:45:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Tom\_Hausman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Tom\_Hausman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tom_Hausman)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 4:45pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776/1 "2007-11-03T16:45:46Z")

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Is adding 2 oz of Acetone to 10 gallons of gas safe to improve MPG?

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**Author:** ![Ranck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/aca169/32.png) [@Ranck](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Ranck)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776/2 "2007-11-03T16:53:03Z")

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Safe, probably. Improve MPG, almost certainly not.

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**Author:** ![SteveF](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/stevef/32/2_2.png) [@SteveF](https://community.cartalk.com/u/SteveF)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776/3 "2007-11-03T17:09:49Z")

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It works for Louis LaPointe (look him up). It doesn’t do a thing for all the other suckers who believed him.

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 6:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776/4 "2007-11-03T18:26:07Z")

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Duplicate posting.

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**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/acetone-in-gas/6776/5 "2007-11-05T17:55:11Z")

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Oh no! Not this again!  
Acetone not only won’t improve your gas mileage but could attack plastics in your fuel system. Don’t do this.