Before you guys get all fired up about acetone you should get yourself a
steel coffee can and soak some of your Vanagon fuel line, injector seals,
push rod seals, head gasket seals, valve cover gaskets, main seals in it for
a week before you start priming your tanks with the stuff.
I'd also be concerned about possible contamination of the engine oil if your
rings are weak or you have a leaking injector.
I know from experience that Lacquer thinner (yes I know it's not Acetone)
will swell all types of seals and dry them out really bad.

Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard Allen" <Howard.Allen@FAIRCHILDSEMI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 7:02 AM
Subject: Re: acetone again

> I bought a bottle of Stabil, gas stabilizer from my local hardware store.
> I has a nifty built in dispenser in 1/4 and 1/2 oz increments and the
> bottle itself has 1 oz increments on the side.  I dumped the contents and
> replaced with acetone and then put the bottle inside a coffee can.  24
> hours later it still is intact.
>
> Best Regards
> Howard Allen
> S. Portland, Maine
>
> "Don't tread on me."
>
>
>
>
> Tom Miller <tmiller@VCMAILS.COM>
> Sent by: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> 10/05/2005 09:00 PM
> Please respond to Tom Miller
>
>
>         To:     vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>         cc:
>         Subject:        Re: acetone again
>
>
> I will as soon as I can find a container that it does not dissolve!  I
> need
> ounce markings on it so I can dose the right amount each time.  I tried an
> AMSOIL Cetane Boost bottle that was perfect but when I filled it, the
> thing
> turned translucent (was clear as glass) and began to get baggy inside 15
> minutes!  I drained it and the bottle finally just melted into a blob. Any
> ideas?  Glass is not good since you can't squeeze it to squirt the acetone
> into the filler tube.  I don't want to strip the paint on my new car
> dripping acetone down the side of it!
>
> TEMiller
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "roger sisler" <rogersisler2000@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Monday, October 03, 2005 10:57 AM
> Subject: acetone again
>
>
> >I am just wondering. Is anyone trying out this modern miracle of a fuel
> >addative?
> >
> >
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