Hi Craig >Hi chaps and lasses > >Why can't I use methalated spirits in my petrol engine?
:-) Ah, the good old days... That'll need a translation for some of the list members. Petrol = gasoline, a spark-ignition engine. >Is there any reason >other than it been more expensive than petrol? When I looked at what makes >up meths. I found out it contains about 90% ethanol and about 5% methanol. It varies, depending on where you are, various denaturants are used, including MEK, for instance. What's the colorant? Probably very little of it anyway. >Could I get away with using meths, could anyone answer this for me please. Probably, yes, if the 5% methanol's all that's added. Methanol is corrosive, and so is ethanol, though less so, and much is made of that sometimes, mostly by the parties you'd expect to object. For more info, see for instance: Intensive Field Trial of Ethanol/Petrol Blend in Vehicles http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#ethanoltrial A complete report covering all of the applications of ethanol in gasoline, in new and used engines: ERDC Project No 2511 Intensive Field Trial of Ethanol/Petrol Blend in Vehicles. This trial showed no harm to any engines, and documented the benefits. This is the Executive Summary, compliments of Apace Research Ltd -- 10 pages, 32kb Acrobat file. Also see "The Manual for the Home and Farm Production of Alcohol Fuel" in the Biofuels Library. There's a lot of info in the list archives. See also: Convert Your Car to Alcohol http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library.html#drane Ethanol and your car http://journeytoforever.org/ethanol_link.html#ethanolcar HTH Best wishes Keith >Thanks >Craig Emmerick ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
