RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines
rubber parts and draw water to itself from the air. Manufacturers have taken the prior into consideration with oxygenated fuels (gasohol) becoming more widely used. Your owners manual should say something about it. They might list a maximum ethanol content (about 10%), but i think it has more to do with water accumulating in the fuel in storage. If the rubber can stand ethanol, it doesn't matter what the ratio is. To avoid problems from the latter, make sure to use fresh fuel. For storage, empty the fuel system completely and oil the metal parts(the tank, mainly), or fill it with regular gasoline with a bit of stabilizer. 2-strokes seem to be a little more sensitive to lean fuel-air mixtures, so they require richer jetting with ethanol. But if you're using stock carburetor settings, leave them in, they're set rich just be safe, and the higher octane rating will tolerate leaner jetting without knocking. If you really know what you're doing, you could advance the timing a bit to take advantage of the higher octane rating. I have never heard of any 2-stroke oils being incompatible with ethanol, use them at a normal fuel-oil ratio or leave your oil injection at stock settings. Some use ethanol in 2-stroke go-carts, they might know more about the subject. -Arttu From: Octavian Andronic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:59:23 +0200 Dear Sirs, Can anybody tell me what kind of fuel mixture (ethanol based) can be used to fuel 2-cycle engine and what modifications had to be made? Best regards and thank you in advance, Octavian Andronic www.ariascooters.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines
Hello Arttu, Thank you for this information. Peggy Subject: RE: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines Ethanol fuel is known to do 2 things in engines not designed for it: corrode rubber parts and draw water to itself from the air. Manufacturers have taken the prior into consideration with oxygenated fuels (gasohol) becoming more widely used. Your owners manual should say something about it. They might list a maximum ethanol content (about 10%), but i think it has more to do with water accumulating in the fuel in storage. If the rubber can stand ethanol, it doesn't matter what the ratio is. To avoid problems from the latter, make sure to use fresh fuel. For storage, empty the fuel system completely and oil the metal parts(the tank, mainly), or fill it with regular gasoline with a bit of stabilizer. 2-strokes seem to be a little more sensitive to lean fuel-air mixtures, so they require richer jetting with ethanol. But if you're using stock carburetor settings, leave them in, they're set rich just be safe, and the higher octane rating will tolerate leaner jetting without knocking. If you really know what you're doing, you could advance the timing a bit to take advantage of the higher octane rating. I have never heard of any 2-stroke oils being incompatible with ethanol, use them at a normal fuel-oil ratio or leave your oil injection at stock settings. Some use ethanol in 2-stroke go-carts, they might know more about the subject. -Arttu From: Octavian Andronic [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:59:23 +0200 Dear Sirs, Can anybody tell me what kind of fuel mixture (ethanol based) can be used to fuel 2-cycle engine and what modifications had to be made? Best regards and thank you in advance, Octavian Andronic www.ariascooters.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
Re: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines
- Original Message - From: Octavian Andronic [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 9:59 AM Subject: [Biofuel] ethanol for 2 cycle engines Dear Sirs, Can anybody tell me what kind of fuel mixture (ethanol based) can be used to fuel 2-cycle engine and what modifications had to be made? Lots of ethanol info here: http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol.html Luc Best regards and thank you in advance, Octavian Andronic www.ariascooters.com ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ ___ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
