http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsSQSuCiUjE
My K-BMW list discussed this last year as the ethanol is starting to cause
problems on them. We found that you can't trust the labels on the pumps. If
you want to make sure on this, you need to test every time you fill up and
before you put it in the tank. Ethanol is hygroscopic so there is a tendency
to gel and clog filters and fuel pumps.
Cheers!!
Jim
On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 5:39 PM, Tim Collins <thcollin@mtu.edu> wrote:
> I read on the Internet (source of all knowledge) that an individual can
> test for the presence of ethanol in gasoline by filling a test tube with
> water halfway (put a mark on the tube at the top of the water). Then add
> gasoline. If the gasoline contains ethanol then the level of the water will
> go up as the alcohol combines with the water. In my test there was no change
> in the level so presumably there is no ethanol in the gasoline I am using
> for my lawn mower. This gasoline came from a Speedway station which I
> believe is affiliated with Marathon somehow. My "test tube" is plastic and
> the gasoline did fog the plastic. I've been using Shell gasoline in my
> Sprite. Anyone else ever try this?
>
> Tim Collins
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