Re: [Biofuel] Cold starts with ethanol

2011-08-31 Thread Dawie Coetzee
nd ethanol and engines, even if you only drink the former. Regards Dawie Coetzee > >From: David L Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org >Sent: Wednesday, 31 August 2011, 15:47 >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] C

Re: [Biofuel] Cold starts with ethanol

2011-08-31 Thread David L Wood
You mentioned carburetors and ethanol in the same paragraph so you perked my interest. my jeep is an 1986 2.8 L v6 with and natural aspirated carburetor, I want to run E*% but have not taken the chance mostly because it is my only vehicle, i have been using E25 just fine, any thought on whether

[Biofuel] Cold starts with ethanol

2011-08-29 Thread Keith Addison
Hi all Cold starting is a problem with ethanol. For older cars with carburettors, S.W. Mathewson writes in "Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel": "The engine will be difficult to start, especially in cold weather. The easiest solution to this problem is simply to start the