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Nick Sent from my iPhone On Jun 30, 2011, at 9:36 AM, Mike Morehouse <hokiemik...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have wondered why every few years I'd smell gas in my garage and get under > my 72 Bug and find one or more of the rubber fuel lines coming out of the > tank or going to the fuel pump were cracking and gas was leaking. We only > have access to E10 here in Alabama. I have tried without success to find a > station that sells regular octane in 100% gasoline but no luck so I guess > I'm committed to changing out rubber lines every couple of years. > > Mike in AL > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Mike <mbucch...@charter.net> wrote: > >> Ethanol content in our gas eliminates the need for "DryGas". Not a bad >> thing entirely. >> Hygroscopic means that it attracts/absorbs water. >> If there's water in your gas tank (whether from the gas-pumps or from >> highly >> humid air condensing in the airspace above a less-than-full tank). >> It allows the contaminant to burn in the engine along with the gas. This >> reduces octane as well as the combustion temps as the water cools the >> mixture. >> We're all E10 here in New England; "gasohol" from the 70's, right? >> They water down our gas and then charge us more for the privilege! What a >> deal (for them)! >> So, now it's just a natural course of events to make the move to 15%, and >> higher! >> Shorter engine life means we buy cars more often to replace the worn-out, >> too-expensive-to-repair ones we own now. >> Yes, this stuff eats fuel lines. My 4-cycle weedwacker's clear fuel lines >> crumbled to shreds over the winter, that never happened before! >> I replaced it with thick-wall clear fuel line for my radio-controlled model >> airplane; it's formulated for some pretty strong stuff. >> But I have NO idea what to do for VW fuel lines..... >> >> Mike B. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Bert Knupp >> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 6:48 PM >> To: 'Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List' >> Subject: [vintagvw] Ethanol in gasoline >> >> Volks, >> >> The European classic-car boards are lighting up in panic because of a >> proposal in the European Community to mandate E10 fuel -- requiring 10% >> ethyl alcohol (ethanol) in all retail motor fuels. You'd think war had >> been >> declared on old-timers and classics: Doom and destruction is being >> forecast >> for all the usual reasons, mostly revolving around the hygroscopic >> characteristics of ethanol. Of course, here in the USA, we've had E15 at >> our pumps for a long time. And lead-free gasolines even longer. >> >> The general question: What adaptations, if any, are required when ethanol >> gets added routinely to motor fuels? Will our fuel tanks really rust away? >> Will our butyl rubber fuel lines really turn to silly putty? Are we really >> seeing any negative effects of our E15 gasoline on longevity, performance, >> or economy? How about the absence of tetraethyl lead? In the USA, it was >> the agriculture lobby that bought enough votes to require ethanol use. In >> Europe, distaste for dependency on Khadafy and his ilk adds to the push >> (though we've had our share of jingoism, too). What's the Real Story for >> those of us who drive antique cars with antique engines? Are there any >> additives we ought to consider? Changes in hoses and tubes? Fuel >> treatments to spare our gas tanks? >> >> Bert Knupp in Music City USA >> >> |__n__ >> (_____)º >> (Ô\_|_/Ô) >> ü ° ° ü >> Polizeikäfer '70 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >> > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
