The Ethanol Thing in Gas

[big turkey]

The only thing about this blend of Ethanol and Gas I feared was engine or fuel injector/carbuerator

damage.

Looked at all the manuals for vehicles I own including all my Motorcycles and it won't damage them according to the language in the manual.

So I personally do not mind either with or without.

Teh only big problems I am hearing and this has come up before is large yachts and other gas

powered propulsion systems is it possibly seperates in the tank and also it eats fiberglass tanks

like alligators in a chicken house.

The ethanol eats away at the fiberglass is the story.

So boat owners beware but the rest of the motoring public should have no problem wiht the blended

fuels

Al

[X Ring]

Really?  So manufacturers looked into their crystal balls before the ethanol mandate and determined their engines wouldn not be hurt by it?

[junior]

for all you old southern people...............they have been making ethanol for a long time and using it in many gas powered engines, i am really surprized at you "good ol boys" "nascar junkies" "bootleggers" that has never heard of your grandpappies running moonshine in thier cars to make them go faster than the revenuers. (pre nascar)

[Quicksilver]

Ethanol has been used in the Premium 94 gasoline in Canada for the last number of years. It seems to work fine in my Valkyrie, as a matter of fact it works very well. I do know however that when I dip the premium tanks at service stations using the standard wooden dipsticks with black paint on them, the paint is disolved by the gasoline as if it were paint stripper. It should clean carbs well.

[stormrider]

for all you old southern people...............they have been making ethanol for a long time and using it in many gas powered engines, i am really surprized at you "good ol boys" "nascar junkies" "bootleggers" that has never heard of your grandpappies running moonshine in thier cars to make them go faster than the revenuers. (pre nascar)

Maybe so, and they're always working on their engines as well. They're always under the hood.

[big turkey]

I seem to recall another energy crisis back in the 70's under Carter.

All vehicle manufactureers at the time ethanol was intrduced into the fuel equation had to meet

standards and testing of their equipment to match and grade the p[erformance of

thier machines on this mix.

I the Early Eighties Ethanol was a choice at the pump just like Premium and regular.

Just look at your manual for your vehicle and it will plainly state whether it is safe in your engine.

It is not magic they did the testing and now you have better equipment to take the

corrosivity of the mix now offered.



Alcohol can be used in some vehicles up to 85% wihtout any problems , it is in the design phase

that is the key ot this.

But some people will never blelive the truth and balk at running Ethanol.

Happy Motoring

Big AL

[big turkey]

All Indy Cars and World of Outlaw Sprint Cars run pure alchohol of some kind.

Just another example of enginerring.

Indy banned gas back in the sixties beacause Gas was more dangerous in their collective minds.

Moon Shiners liked it too.

Al

[NiteRiderF6]

for all you old southern people...............they have been making ethanol for a long time and using it in many gas powered engines, i am really surprized at you "good ol boys" "nascar junkies" "bootleggers" that has never heard of your grandpappies running moonshine in thier cars to make them go faster than the revenuers. (pre nascar)

Hey junior,

I think the biggest complaint that us "southern boys" have against the gasolines that are enriched with ethanol is that is lowers the efficiency and therefore the mileage yielded by that fuel. I know that with standard gasoline, my bike will get about 32 MPG and with the ethanol additives (up to 15% at present) it will only get about 28 or so. My bike runs smoother, cooler and much more efficiently without that junk. It also seperates from the gasoline in  your tank if it sits for as little as a month, thereby making it harder to get the MC cranked up. Call me crazy, but I don't care for it. I can't do much about it now though because all of our stations and their suppliers here are on the ethanol band wagon. My bike also exhibits a little preignition when it's hot outside, which I don't care for. We are using that fuel in vehicles that just aren't tuned for it. Anyway, Ride Safely and have an excellent riding season!

[junior]

for all you old southern people...............they have been making ethanol for a long time and using it in many gas powered engines, i am really surprized at you "good ol boys" "nascar junkies" "bootleggers" that has never heard of your grandpappies running moonshine in thier cars to make them go faster than the revenuers. (pre nascar)

Hey junior,

I think the biggest complaint that us "southern boys" have against the gasolines that are enriched with ethanol is that is lowers the efficiency and therefore the mileage yielded by that fuel. I know that with standard gasoline, my bike will get about 32 MPG and with the ethanol additives (up to 15% at present) it will only get about 28 or so. My bike runs smoother, cooler and much more efficiently without that junk. It also seperates from the gasoline in  your tank if it sits for as little as a month, thereby making it harder to get the MC cranked up. Call me crazy, but I don't care for it. I can't do much about it now though because all of our stations and their suppliers here are on the ethanol band wagon. My bike also exhibits a little preignition when it's hot outside, which I don't care for. We are using that fuel in vehicles that just aren't tuned for it. Anyway, Ride Safely and have an excellent riding season!

hey Doug, CRC makes an additive for this its used in the marine industry its fuel stabilizer. and it cheap money 

[NiteRiderF6]

junior, Thanks for the tip! I'll look for that.