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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? -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~