On Nov 12, 2008, at 10:09 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
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This is part of the W.S.J. article comments in square brackets by
Kramer.
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Hardly mentioned is the fact that gasoline goes bad after a few
months. If the Volt is used as intended, for daily trips of 40 miles
or less, the car's tank will have to be drained periodically and the
gas disposed of. [COMMENT: In a well-designed system, "stale gas"
doesn't become an issue for a long time--not having been to a gas
station for that six months to a year be a problem I'd love to have!]
No problem. Here is a solution:
http://www.perr.com/tip1.html
A fuel injected engine with a well sealed gas tank should not be much
of a problem anyway.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
