Bart - Is all premium alcohol free?
Coming back from OSH 2 weeks ago, I did notice one station in Ripon where I filled up my car that their regular and mid-grade had ethanol, but their premium did not. Curious, because my car gets horrible mileage, about 10% less on mid-grade with ethanol. If I buy gas at Shell, which still is all pure around here, my mileage improves by that 10%. I normally don't need premium, but if the 10% on mileage pays off, less than 10% difference in price would make it worth it to buy premium. Jerry E. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]on Behalf Of Robert Bartunek Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 12:55 PM To: [email protected] Cc: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ethanol in Gas? Seems like if you want to use Mogas, you could use premium that has no ethanol and there would be no problems. Is that what i read from this thread? Use premium locally and think 100LL globally (cross country). Bart Sent from my iPhone On Aug 12, 2010, at 12:18 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: Alcohol attacks rubber and plastic components in the fuel system, such as seals, o rings, fuel tank linings, and carburetor components. You could end with fuel leaks and / or debris. A fire, fuel loss, or fuel obstruction could result. Eliacim --- [email protected] wrote: From: "goofyguy77" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ethanol in Gas? Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 04:44:28 -0000 Why? Other than checking your tank drains and making CERTAIN you actually use your carb heat on descent like you are supposed to, where IS the harm? --- In [email protected], "Kevin" <kgass...@...> wrote: > > You need to remove the alcohol. > > http://www.eaa.org/news/2006/2006-11-01_faa.asp > > Kevin1 > > > --- In [email protected], "Jerry Ward" <mag45tor63@> 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 conti nue 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 > > >
