Eliacim,

You have a good point about the percentage of ethanol in the 
gasoline. I think the only way to know for sure is to test it. There 
is also the issue of the "separation stage" of the ethanol-blend. 
Apparently there is a shelf life for gasohol that is significantly 
shorter than the shelf life of regular gasoline. The recommendation 
is that you don't keep the ethanol-blend around for long or it 
starts to separate out into alcohol and gasoline. Maybe this is 
another way to get the alcohol out??? (Just another thought to go 
with John's use of water.)

As for the mixture of avgas and mogas, that is explicitely allowed 
by the EAA STC for mogas. There is no problem legally for the owner 
of the mogas STC to operate with 100LL mixed with mogas.

Frank Nelson
N51DV - 415C
TOA/California

--- In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> A couple of concerns:
> 
> 1. The mix of gasoline and ethanol is not necessarily homogenous, 
meaning
> that the total in a gas station tank may be 10 % ethanol, but the 
portion
> you actually pump out may have considerably more, or less, than 10 
%
> ethanol. That will take all the predictability out of mixing it 
with avgas
> to keep the ethanol to less than 5 %.
> 
> 2. I may be wrong, but I am not sure there is approval for a mix 
of mogas
> and avgas. I like the idea, but would be concerned about insurance 
picking
> up on it and denying an engine failure related claim.  Anybody 
knows?
> 
> Sorry for raining on the parade...
> 
> Eliacim
> 
> 


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