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Re: [6pack] Ethanol gasoline blends

To: Craig <wensley_Tr@comcast.net>, lfm614@aol.com
Subject: Re: [6pack] Ethanol gasoline blends
From: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:53:52 -0600
>===== Original Message From lfm614@aol.com =====
>This was my main concern, the rubber / plastics.  I am NOT a fuel expert but 
I have heard that you should not run E85 or fuels with substantial ethonol 
content is cars not prepared for it, heck there is a warning sticker on those 
pumps.  So I would think that the rubber in our LBCs designed and formulated 
35 plus years ago would not be ethonol tolerant.
>
>If you are looking to save $$, you may be penny wise and dollar foolish 
considering possible repairs.  On the other hand I think that one tank of 10% 
ethanol would not be that harmful and the alcohol may help in absorbing some 
of the water that condensed in your tank this winter and get some of it out in 
combustion.
>
>My $0.02 but your mileage may vary.
>
>
>Lou


Right E85 is not good for cars not specifically set up for it.

The possibility of just one tank of the 10% blend is getting lower. More and 
more places are getting nothing but the 10% blend. Wouldn't doubt if that 
would soon be the only stuff available at your local stations. Like I said 
before, we don't get an ehtanol or no ethanol choice here anymore. We only get 
the 10% blend, in all octane ratings.

Shawn J. Loseke
Fort Collins, CO
http://www.triumphowners.com/79   (1972 TR6)
http://www.triumphowners.com/690  (1978 TR8)
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