11-03-2005 | #1 |
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 20
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Ethanol in Gas
I never noticed until now that all the gas I see up here in New England says on the pump either "contains 10% ethanol" or "may contain 10% ethanol". Is this a problem especially in light of that those of us up north will soon be hibernating our cars until spring?
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11-03-2005 | #2 |
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 54
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Re: Ethanol in Gas
masshey 91minuteman im in mass toy where are you???
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11-04-2005 | #3 |
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Jacksonville, FL USA
Posts: 4,645
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Re: Ethanol in Gas
Other than attacking the resin used on the coil windings for our fuel injectors there isn't much of a problem. You can use Techron additive every other time you fill up. I was told by C4C5specialist that it will keep the water bound up & clean all the nasty stuff in the fuel system. I try to add a bottle at every fill but I don't let mine go too far below 1/4 tank. I put marine fuel stabilizer in the tank just before winter lay-up along with a big bottle of Techron. I didn't have any issues at spring get ready with water in the fuel & I just waited till that tank was used up before swapping plugs & fuel filter. The alcohol has been in our NE gas for a good long while. It finally killed the OE injectors this summer, shorted the coils when the resin finally disolved. R. C. Engineering injectors solved that problem for me & now it's back to it's old self.
Tom
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