He took it into consideration, but his *solution* didn't address the issue.
" Alcohol fuels can be more corrosive on some rubbers , plastic and some metal parts and this is why back in the 1970's when Alcohol fuels were first introduced in the United States that people would complain abut engine problems , corroded fuel lines etc. this is no longer an issue in most newer vehicles as most newer vehicles are already designed to resist the corrosive nature of Alcohol fuels when Some states started requiring 10- 20 % Ethanol in all gasoline fuels sold . After considerable research I came to the conclusion this simply wasn't a major concern as I entered into this project . But for added protection I chose to use a high quality synthetic oil ." What, exactly, does running synthetic oil do to address corrosion in the fuel system?? He likely does have a point that newer cars may already be pretty well set due to the 10% ethanol already out there. I suspect the NBs might be ok with their hard plastic lines, but no idea about pump and injectors.. Bill Cardell TurboDog's Dad www.flyinmiata.com 1-800-FLY-MX5S (sales) 970-464-5600 (tech) 2008 FM Open House: August 14-17 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Phillips Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 11:28 AM To: 'Mark Cookson'; 'miatapower List' Subject: RE: E85 in a Miata redux I found this after my last post http://e85vehicles.com/converting-e85.htm . I don't think the author took the corrosive nature of ethanol into consideration but there's additional info. Mark -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Cookson Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 12:44 PM To: miatapower List Subject: E85 in a Miata redux So, after reading the archives, it looks like the question was never actually answered (but boy did it create a long list of people talking about the USA's energy policy!). There was some hand waving about it not being just as simple as putting E85 in your tank and retuning, but no concrete examples of things tried, problems encountered, solutions created, etc. I'm looking to avoid the whole discussion of whether or not this is a good energy policy and mainly wondering if it can be done on a hobby level. Replacing fuel lines, the pump, and injectors seems like an easy task and gives me an excuse to continue to tinker with the Miata. I had considered doing an AC electric motor conversion to the Miata, but that's going to be far more work and far more expensive (like $20k, at least, to do it right). So, has anyone else given any thought to E85 in their Link Miata, and if so, how did it go? Thanks! Mark _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
