Ethanol in the USA
Ethanol in the USA
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Now that ethanol is replacing MTBE in as a fuel oxygenizer in gasoline in the USA, keep a close watch on your automobile's fuel filters.
Ethanol is an alcohol that will mix with water and pick it up and carry it with the gasoline. Right now all the fuel storage tanks in the system, including your vehicle's are getting a good cleaning out of the water that otherwise just lay in the bottom of the tank previously.
I had my fuel filter changed twice in the last 3 months, and both times what I considered to be more than the normal amount of water was present.
rmw
Ethanol is an alcohol that will mix with water and pick it up and carry it with the gasoline. Right now all the fuel storage tanks in the system, including your vehicle's are getting a good cleaning out of the water that otherwise just lay in the bottom of the tank previously.
I had my fuel filter changed twice in the last 3 months, and both times what I considered to be more than the normal amount of water was present.
rmw





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However, I do have concerns re Ethanol and infrequently used classic cars.
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That's why there will be no visible water in your gas. I think there should be no water in the fuel filter (or tank).
Isopropyl alcohol is best to get rid of the water in the fuel system.
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In that thorney link, which fuel is ethanol blend?
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Tesco 99
http://www.greenergy.com/products/99_octane.html
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That's bad, right? ;o)
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I would not think so. alcohol burns cleaner than petrol, and especially cleaner than the aromatics that are used to boost octane..
telecomguy
I suppose it's a simple sum of cost vs yield, except for drop of in range on a tank full.
If the engine is designed with the fuel in mind, some of the mpg can be recovered by high compression which can be sustained due to high octane. This can partly but not fully offset the lower btu's per gallon or whatever.
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If the tanks are yet to be made, an all fuels resistant resin is obviously preferred.
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