[Vwdiesel] Rubber in gas fuel system

[Tad]

1) Almost certainly snake oil
B) Almost certainly *some* rubber in the system (seals for example).

Also, I've read about many people who have tried this with no apparent ill
effect - I imagine it would take extended use of acetone to cause harm (much
like biodiesel eating rubber fuel lines, but you can get away with using it
for years before it causes an issue).

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 12:42 PM, paul lew <biovolks at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Does anyone know for sure if there is any rubber in the fuel system of 200
> jetta gas vehicles?
> I'm doing as much research as I can before trying at least once, the
> acetone additive.
> Apparently in very small ammounts (around 500-600:1 if I recall)it makes
> the gas burn more efficiently causing fuel economy to be any where from 0 to
> 10 % fuel economy increase.
> The only negative comments I found so far is that acetone can eat rubber,
> I'm not sure if that small ammount would effect it, also, if there's water
> in the fuel it could emulsify the water on injectors.
> The comments were mainly from oil companies, and skeptics that never tried
> it.
> Thanks
> Paul
>
>
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