Check out these 2 websites....... http://www.e0pc.com/
www.pure-gas.org The second lists gas stations that supposedly have ethanol free gasoline. John H ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2010 7:50 PM Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ethanol in Gas? I believe most autogas in Michigan now contains ethanol-not good for airplanes, boats, motorcycles,especially airplanes I think. It doesn't matter what it says about the content on the gas pump either. Chances are 99 & 44 100's % any autogas you purchase at any gas station in Michigan will contain ethanol. At the private gas farm on our field (45G Brighton MI) we do have autogas without ethanol, but you have to be a member of the gas farm to use it. It is managed by one of our resident pilots who is also pharmacist and knows what he is doing. He knows his particular source of supply is ethanol free. I don't know his source or how many sources there might still be in Michigan where one can obtain autogas without ethanol, but I think they are rare. I'd personally like to know just how many sources there are, and who and where they are. I wrote to our State Senator (Nancy Casis) when our legislature was considering making a mandatory percentage of ethanol in each gallon of autogas. I requested that she and her colleague in the legislature make an exception for aircraft, at least at certain locations. I included a bunch of research as to why ethanol is not permissible in aircraft. Usually she is quite responsible and dependable but apparently she and her staff had no idea of what I was talking about , and I never even got an answer from her on the subject. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Len Buchta Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2010 8:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ethanol in Gas? It's not legal. Period Sent from my iPhone On Aug 10, 2010, at 2:48 PM, "Kevin" <[email protected]> wrote: You need to remove the alcohol. http://www.eaa.org/news/2006/2006-11-01_faa.asp Kevin1 --- In [email protected], "Jerry Ward" <mag45to...@...> wrote: > > I am about to leave the Great Northwest for a trip across the USA in my 415-G Ercoupe and have just found out that here in Washington State they have made it mandatory that all gasoline have 10% Ethanol in every gallon sold. I am asking what would I have to change to be able to continue to use car gas in my Ercoupe? Is it only the fuel lines that are effected? If so can I just change them to modern type hoses and I will be ready to use that gas in my plane? I have heard that I may have to change the valves too. What do you know about this and has any other states done the same thing to your state? My plane runs so much better on 87 octane Regular Gas that I hate to have to start putting in that 100LL again. It just hates it and does not run half as good. I get better performance and milage out of the 87 Octane than I ever did on 100 LL. I sure hope that there is a way for me to continue to fly using the new stuff with the Ethanol in it. Thanks for any comments - Jerry with N-355E >
