well, a lot of carburetors back when this happened the first time had floats of styrofoam and the ethanol destroyed them, hence the reason for part of that furor. So it's not a bunch of hogwash. Ethanol is also corrosive, and that's another issue. Rusting gas tanks led to particles of rust clogging passages in carbs and poor performance. The fuel would have to have rust inhibitors added and/or fuel tanks of stainless, fuel lines of stainless or some other non-corrosive material, or other alternatives. It's not hogwash. And if your expensive car performed poorly or broke down, you would get emotional about it also, and read the other post I wrote to read the rest of that side of the coin. Honda never made styrofoam floats and they didn't have that problem; however, they did and do have the rusty gas tank problem, and the carb problems because of the rust. And the petcock problems. The disregard of the truth in your also emotional outburst is disappointing as your attitude toward those who lived through it. Have some compassion and understanding.
________________________________ From: Kurt Nolte <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, October 13, 2010 11:19:28 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Slightly OT... Fuel Grrr... the EPA's latest announcement has once again dragged out the hordes of people bemoaning how "that darned ethanol (10%) destroyed their car/weedwhacker/boat/lawn mower." Also the legions who claim some truly absurd losses of fuel economy ("I lost 10 miles to the gallon on that stuff!" "... 33% loss of fuel economy? You're a nut"). Please, please tell me that we don't have any of these exaggeratory conflagrates on this list... I'd like to think this list is a smarter, more rational grade of person... Frustrated and annoyed by hogwash, Kurt. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en.
