Re: ethanol use...

Posted by dej(JED) on March 14, 2005 at 09:30:15 from (66.212.143.210):

In Reply to: ethanol use... posted by Tim Shultz on March 14, 2005 at 06:42:18:

100% Ethanol is currently in use in S.A., as is 85% ethanol fuels. The biggest changes seem to be the gasket materials. Viscosity is the only issue that a fuel system must address and ethanol is similar to gasoline in that regard, so pumping and injecting is not a problem. However, the BTU value of Ethanol is lower than gasoline and therefore it won't perform as well as gasoline.This means less miles per gallon. RFG(Reformulated Gasoline)has been in use in the USA for a while now and it is a 10% blend of non petroleum products with a petroleum based gasoline. Engines, especially the old tractor engines love the extra oxygen bonds that they get from alcohols, etc. The bigest problem with ethanol is it's propensity for water, so care to keep it dry would be the major concern. As I understand it there are stations in the Midwest that sell it at the pump..

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