Not to mention that the gasoline ruins the taste in my martinis. On Tue, Jul 4, 2017 at 12:00 AM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Since ethanol has been added for gasoline as an oxygen carrier for more > than 40 years, it's not very likely that it causes damage to fuel systems > unless they are very poorly designed (take note GM, this isn't 1955, eh?) > > Flex fuel vehicles can run on 85% ethanol, most "non flexfuel" vehicles > computers and injection systems will not deliver enough fuel to run on > gasoline with more than 15% or so -- ethanol is less dense, has much more > oxygen, so a larger volume of fuel is required for proper combustion. > > The real problem with ethanol is that it accelerates oxidative degradation > of gasoline, and the resultant mess is what eats fuel system parts, > particularly mild organic acids. Use fuel stabilizer if it's going to sit > very long. > > Peter > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
