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Posted by JOHN (LA) on October 27, 2003 at 11:41:52 from (68.158.130.184):
In Reply to: ethanol and fuel mileage posted by Terry on October 26, 2003 at 08:35:08:
I have noticed no differance in mileage with ethanol. There is or I should say has been problems with ethanol use in the past. Ethanol is 107 octane. Problems they have had years ago was they store the gas and ethanol in separate tanks at the gas loading rack. The driver was in charge of mixing correctly. Today: because of the potential problems involved the rack mixes it automatically with computers. I do not know of any rack that the driver still mixes but there may be some. You can see that if it were not mixed correctly and you got all ethanol you would have problems. Other things about ethanol that some may consider problems. Ethanol is very dry and will allow gaskets and o-rings to dry rot and crack in older carbs. I would say engine manufacturers have taken care of this problem. The one problem why I do not like ethanol is it will suspend a lot of water. It does not allow the natural process of water separation in large storage tanks to take place and usually your fuel filter is the one that pays for it.
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