Hello all and Tom especially. There is a saying explaining that "methanol is like ethanol but more". This is used to point out that the disadvantages of ethanol is more with methanol. I suppose that Ford is too mean to equip the fuel system for methanol.. Methanol is corrosive, even more that water. The engine will consume twice as much with metanol than with gasoline. And if I remember correctly, methanol has a higher vapour generating value than ethanol, meaning that it demands more energy to enter the gas phase, which can lead to cold starting problems. And during warm-up of the engine the methanol produces more of the even so corrosive substances, such as formaldehyde which also is poisonous. It is a well-known fact that most motor oils are not able to neutralize these corrosion agents, so one can expect an engine wear of twice the value than for gasoline. Apart from this is methanol an excellent fuel, especially if there was methanol from biological sources available.
Best regards to you all Jan W ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Kelly" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <sustainablelorgbiofuel@sustainablelists.org> Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 3:49 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Flex Fuel Ford Ranger and methanol > In an earlier post I asked about using a methanol/ethanol blend in my > flex fuel Ford Ranger. It has been brought to my attention that Ford > recommends against such a blend: > "Do not use fuel containing methanol. It can damage critical > fuel systems components." > > Tom > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 > messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
