While not wishing to revive the acetone debate re fuel economy, I was wondering about whether it has properties that could be beneficial.
With the onset of some really cold wet weather here in Maitland, I'm getting a rather annoying problem. I'm running SVO from an unheated plastic marine fuel tank in the boot of my Mercedes 300D. When I filtered this oil, ambient temps were about 10 degC warmer than they are now. The oil, while still liquid, has some HMP fats in it which is clogging the bayonet fitting I use. So after 30km or so, the car loses power due to fuel starvation and I have to spray WD40 in there to flush it out before I can continue. Very tiresome.
Now I could refilter all this oil again, but am wondering if a very small amount of acetone would cure this problem and save me the hassle? I know that acetone has a vey low flashpoint (-20degC), so you have to handle with extreme care, but it is this very property that might be a benefit. From experience, blending with diesel or small amounts of petrol does't work as far as dissolving the HMP components.
I put some acetone in a jar of HMP filtrate, and it does indeed dissolve it. However, I must admit that it was a 50/50 blend, and there's no way that that would be feasible
Any thoughts?
With the onset of some really cold wet weather here in Maitland, I'm getting a rather annoying problem. I'm running SVO from an unheated plastic marine fuel tank in the boot of my Mercedes 300D. When I filtered this oil, ambient temps were about 10 degC warmer than they are now. The oil, while still liquid, has some HMP fats in it which is clogging the bayonet fitting I use. So after 30km or so, the car loses power due to fuel starvation and I have to spray WD40 in there to flush it out before I can continue. Very tiresome.
Now I could refilter all this oil again, but am wondering if a very small amount of acetone would cure this problem and save me the hassle? I know that acetone has a vey low flashpoint (-20degC), so you have to handle with extreme care, but it is this very property that might be a benefit. From experience, blending with diesel or small amounts of petrol does't work as far as dissolving the HMP components.
I put some acetone in a jar of HMP filtrate, and it does indeed dissolve it. However, I must admit that it was a 50/50 blend, and there's no way that that would be feasible
Any thoughts?
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