[AT] Ethanol

[Ronald L. Cook]

Total agreement!  I have been using ethanol blended gasolene since it 
first came available here in western Iowa.  1977, I think.  Used in 
everything except some small engines and my airplanes(illegal).  No 
problems with anything.  And I might add, I have only had one new 
vehicle.  A 1998 Monte Carlo.  Everything else was old and used and 
older and more used.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

On 12/31/2010 12:05 AM, Cecil Bearden wrote:
> I have less problems with the E10 super unleaded than I ever had with
> regular gas.  If you run the ethanol based fuel in an old tank, get some
> throwaway fuel filters and change them often for the first year, If you
> drain your tank completely after ethanol fuel, it will dry out completely
> and you can vacuum out the crud with a shop vac.  Regular unleaded without
> ethanol has water mixed in it and when it evaporates the white stuff left is
> the surfactant that makes the gas mix with the water.  I have run fire pumps
> that had to make a pressure and volume test.  With regular unleaded they
> would only make 100 psi on a 2 inch hose with a 3/4 nozzle.  With the
> ethanol blend it would make 130 with the same nozzle and same conditions.
> I use only super unleaded in my gasoline engines here on the farm and the
> construction work I do.  It costs more, but creates less downtime.  I
> believe it is cheaper in the long run.  It also stops icing of the
> carburetor when running a generator during an ice storm outage and it is 20
> deg with ice on everything at 2am.
>
> Cecil in OKla