My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

[PalmHarborBlkv6]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

3 oz of Acetone to a full tank of regular gas not ethanol.
Prefer Shell regular...watch the difference.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

But I'd have to drive out of state to fill up on straight gas as everything in oregon is a mandatory 10% ethanol now.

[bigbrian442]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

All gas is 10% ethanol now.

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

Well that plan is out the window.

[PalmHarborBlkv6]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

If you go to any private airport you can buy gasoline they sell for planes
and it cannot have anything but 100% gasoline by FAA law.

[Slave One]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

My car has never run this hot before, so I'm noticing something wierd with the oil pressure. On start up and up to the 1/4th mark on the temp gauge (where it used to stop) the oil pressure is right in the middle. But once I'm warmed up, (almost to half now), at idle the oil pressure drops. Here's a quick cell video showing what I'm talking about.



is this normal?

I too am having an issue with gas mileage that I havent figured out just yet. But as far as your oil pressure goes, my car has the exact same pressure before and after warming up...

[RadRacer]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

If you go to any private airport you can buy gasoline they sell for planes
and it cannot have anything but 100% gasoline by FAA law.

It's also around 103 octane, IIRC. Probably won't gain any MPG with that.....

[PalmHarborBlkv6]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

okay...just forget it then

[PalmHarborBlkv6]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

At SuperWalmart today in Oldsmar Florida looking for Velcro.
I see this hugh display for Acetone being sold by the gallon.
she says, "we used to sell it by the quart but in the last year,
we can't keep it on the shelves so we are now selling it by the gallon."
2.5 oz to ten gallons of regular gas = more mpg....

[bigbrian442]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

Go watch the episode of MYTH BUSTERS where they tested this and picked up ZILCH!

[IwannaCamarosoBad]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

At SuperWalmart today in Oldsmar Florida looking for Velcro.
I see this hugh display for Acetone being sold by the gallon.
she says, "we used to sell it by the quart but in the last year,
we can't keep it on the shelves so we are now selling it by the gallon."
2.5 oz to ten gallons of regular gas = more mpg....

this reminds me of the truck tail gate myth, saying that if you rode with your tail gate down you got more Miles out of a tank

[insaneABOT]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

Thats basically inaccurate when you lower your tail gate you are creating wind drag and that holds the truck back, and it puts more stress on the engine and it has to work more so it can keep a the desired speed.

[bigbrian442]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

Thats basically inaccurate when you lower your tail gate you are creating wind drag and that holds the truck back, and it puts more stress on the engine and it has to work more so it can keep a the desired speed.

What is creating wind drag when the tail gate is down?

[bigbrian442]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

this reminds me of the truck tail gate myth, saying that if you rode with your tail gate down you got more Miles out of a tank

This really depends on the truck. If you have a short bed extended cab small size truck you probably won't see a difference. But on a full size long bed with the short cab, you will. Even more if the *** of the truck sits a good bit higher than the front. The top of the tailgate catches air then.

[97rs4life]

Re: My gas mileage has gone down the drain..suggestions?

At SuperWalmart today in Oldsmar Florida looking for Velcro.
I see this hugh display for Acetone being sold by the gallon.
she says, "we used to sell it by the quart but in the last year,
we can't keep it on the shelves so we are now selling it by the gallon."
2.5 oz to ten gallons of regular gas = more mpg....

for crying out loud, get off the stupid acetone bandwagon. Seems like every post of yours is about acetone. Did you buy stock in it or something banking on people falling for the myths?