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On 29 Mar 2006 at 20:05, Hal Sullivan wrote: > The main problem isn't the alcohol itself, it's water. Ethanol is > hydroscopic and collects moisture from the water vapor in the air, just > like brake fluid does. Anything that oxidizes in the presence of water > is going to eventually have problems. Ethanol is certainly hydroscopic, but it doesn't sit around in your car for years without being replaced, like brake fluid does. I wouldn't expect it to accumulate much moisture in the time it spends in your car, but it could certainly pick up water before it gets to you. But over time, maybe you're right. Maybe I should do an experiment with some here.... -- ******************************* Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, Wisconsin, USA ******************************* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~