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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 00:04, Jim Adney wrote: > On 28 Mar 2006 at 22:41, Richard Green wrote: > > > What is ethanol going to do with the fuel lines and what ever else it > > will effect? I remember Gasohol causing problems with fuel lines. Looks > > like the gas is going to go that way no mater what anyone wants. > > I don't think 20% of ethanol will have any effect on any part of your > fuel system. Methanol is a much worse additive, and I believe that > was the root of the problem with gasohol. > > 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. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~