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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 20:24, Jim Adney wrote: > On 29 Mar 2006 at 17:23, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 00:04, Jim Adney wrote: > > > > I wonder how our cars would run on E85 (85% ethanol.) Anyone know > > > about this? Are there material compatability problems, Russ? > > > > The hose manufacturers do spec a difference in E85 fuel hose, but as far > > as we can tell, it is the same hose. They just charge more for it. We > > have not found any problems with 10-20% Ethanol fuel with any fuel > > system. > > All of our products are accelerated long term tested for compatability, > > and we have not found any problems. > > There were some problems originally with methanol with carburators with > > foam floats. But with solid plastic floats, there is no problems. > > How about metal parts? Any special requirements on them for E20? How > about E85? Shouldn't be any problem. The alcohol in ethanol, is just moonshine after all. ;=) -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) '05 KIA Sorento SUV russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~