Thanks Paul. I like to spread the knowledge around where I can; I hate fear-mongering sales tactics, and prefer folks to be armed with facts and data.
As I mentioned, the ethanol that is in gasoline has already absorbed all the atmospheric water vapor it's going to; ethanol is only actively hygroscopic when it's <5% content by mass, after which the azeotrope is stable and it will cease to actively absorb water from the atmosphere. Adding more water in a liquid phase disturbs the equilibrium and allows the two to mix thoroughly. -Kurt On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 8:06 PM, paul annen <[email protected]> wrote: > Kurt, you might have just made the most educated statement regarding > ethanol fuel to ever hit the internet... thank you.... > > I will also ad that one of the problems with ethanol is that it is > hydroscopic and will absorb the water from the air... this can be a good or > bad thing in that it will keep small amounts of moisture suspended in the > fuel with no issues, the down side is that when the ethanol evaporates it > leaves the water behind... > On Jun 16, 2014 7:18 PM, "Kurt Nolte" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Honestly, your bike is a '93. The ethanol isn't hurting it in the >> slightest. Top it off with fresh gas, ride it, and top it off with fresh >> gas again after ~100 miles or so. >> >> You shouldn't let gas sit because it evaporates, losing all the light >> volatile distillates and depositing the sediment and heavier distillates >> that the lightweights were holding in suspension. Ethanol blended gasoline >> is more stable long term than non-ethanol, because the small ethanol >> fraction both replaces some of those heavier distillates and does not >> evaporate as readily as more volatile light elements. >> >> Any vehicle manufactured for sale in the United States after the early >> 80s is required to be fully compatible with ethanol fractions up to 15% by >> volume. If it were a '73 you might have issues, but not a '93. >> >> -Kurt >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 1:43 PM, Phil <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I did put it on a Uhaul motorcycle trailer to bring it home from a shop >>> (because I brought it to the shop in a 14' uhaul and was lucky it did not >>> slide off the high slick ramp!! - Help!!) When I got it last year Feb, it >>> had just had something done to the carbs from a dealer (probably Seafoam) >>> and I've kept good gas, usually Mobil or Texaco or Shell in it since then. >>> >>> A flush sounds good and I'd like to take all fuel tank screens and bowls >>> off to knock any accumulations out since 1993. On a twin, taking the bowls >>> off is no big deal, but I really don't want to do anything with 4 carbs, >>> lol. >>> >>> Thanks guys for your help. She is running sweet though. >>> Ride Safe! >>> >>> >>> On Monday, June 16, 2014 5:15:57 AM UTC-7, jrhoyt0895 wrote: >>>> >>>> Some engines from that era don't handle fuel system or carb cleaner >>>> very well. My advice is to drain or siphon as much gas out as you can >>>> (using a cheap siphon pump from the auto parts store, not by sucking on a >>>> hose), fill it with fresh fuel, and run it long enough to get that fresh >>>> fuel into the whole fuel system. If you notice you have gas dripping out >>>> of the bottom of your carbs, you might have stuck floats. Lightly tapping >>>> on the carbs with a screwdriver handle might lodge them free, but if that >>>> doesn't work, put the bike on a trailer and take it for a drive. The >>>> trailer ride will likely jar the floats free. 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