Olive Jar Test for Alcohol
By: Ed Burkhead
You can pre-test for alcohol at the gas station. Here's a review of the olive
jar test for alcohol.Empty and clean a long, thin olive jar and keep the lid.
(Actually, any tall, skinny container will work as long as you can see through
it.)
* At the gas station, put some water in the jar, maybe up to about 1/4
and use
a marker to mark the level of the water.
* Fill the jar with fuel from the pump. Put on the lid.
* Shake the jar and the fuel/water mix.
* Let the mix settle out.
* If the apparent water level goes up, the fuel has significant alcohol
in
it.Watch out for pumps that share a single hose for all their fuels. If some of
those fuels have alcohol, you will get some contamination even in their
no-alcohol fuels.
If they have separate hoses, you can make the test before you fill your fuel
cans.
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From: Larry Dixon <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 3:43:10 PM
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ethanol in Gas?
What is the "olive jar test"?
Larry
N99493
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From: Jack Stanton <ttcrui...@yahoo. com>
To: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com
Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 12:58:30 PM
Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Ethanol in Gas?
Some areas have mandated ethanol in all auto fuels, including premium. The only
way to be sure is use the olive jar test.
Jack
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From: Robert Bartunek <bbart...@aol. com>
To: "ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com" <ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com>
Cc: "<ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com>" <ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Thu, August 12, 2010 11:54:58 AM
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, <heave...@wt. net> 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
>
>--- goofygu...@yahoo. com wrote:
>
>From: "goofyguy77" <goofygu...@yahoo. com>
>To: ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com
>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 ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com, "Kevin" <kgass...@...> wrote:
>>
>> You need to remove the alcohol.
>>
>> http://www.eaa. org/news/ 2006/2006- 11-01_faa. asp
>>
>> Kevin1
>>
>>
>> --- In ercoupe-tech@ yahoogroups. com, "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
>> >
>>
>
>
