Methanol is a little more corrosive than ethanol but at that dilution rate that might not be noticeable. The air fuel ratio is a little different but again not an issue at that dilution level. I'd say go ahead if you really want to denature it. Can your flex fuel ranger really burn 100% alcohol anyways? Isn't it expecting E85?
Joe On 30/03/2011 4:16 PM, Dave Hajoglou wrote: > On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 9:43 AM, Tom Kelly<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In order to get a permit to distill fuel grade ethanol in the United >> States it must be denatured. The recommended method is to add 2 gallons of >> unleaded gasoline to 98 gallons of ethanol. The problem for the home brewer >> is that water in the ethanol tends to fall out when gasoline is added. A >> solution to water in the tank is to add "dry gas" (methanol). >> My questions are: >> -Would it be unwise to denature fuel grade ethanol with methanol >> and then used in a Flex Fuel vehicle such as a '99 Ford Ranger? (3.0L Flex >> Fuel version). The water issue would be eliminated. >> -Any problems running a Flex Fuel vehicle on blends of ethanol, >> gasoline, and methanol? >> > I'd skip the "recommended method" and go with a drop of gas to your > 100 gal of ethanol. So long as you don't drink it, serve it to your > friends, or boast that you can produce some fine moonshine you should > be ok. (should). I have no ideas about the methanol mix. > > -hojo > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): > http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (70,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
