At 03:32 PM 8/1/02 -0700, Jeffrey J. Barteet wrote:
>Oxygenated fuel, Aye?
>
>Well, I'm in the republik of Kalifornia, and yup.....that's what we use
>here.
>
>So they're talking about this on FOT as well. What's the concensus of the
>racing scene, Irv? Swap out your fuel system rubber a lot?
Yup. From what I am told, it also seems that the new fuels are affecting
the floats in H6 SU carbs, causing them to fill with fuel and sink.
>The rest of my system is gates. Are you guys seeing failures even on
>mainstream products like that?
You probably need to talk to Gates to see if their rubber compunds can
stand up to the new fuels.
Irv
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