Bick, Thanks a lot for that site listing stations that carry ethanol-free gasoline! It happens that there are three close to my home, so I'm all set!
Bert Knupp in Music City USA -----Original Message----- From: vintagvw-boun...@lists.sjsu.edu [mailto:vintagvw-boun...@lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Nicholas Stokes Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 8:40 AM To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Ethanol in gasoline Check out: http://pure-gas.org Nick 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 > >> -----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. _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list vintagvw@lists.sjsu.edu http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
