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Dave Hall wrote: >>BTW, wouldn't it make sense to have the lines and tank be stainless >>steel, as alcohol absorbs water readily. >> >> >> > >A lot of modern VWs (late '80s on) have polypropylene tanks, I think - certainly >some sort of plastic. Is that common in the USA? > > > Increasingly, yes. You can mold a tank into a really weird shape and fit it in a better place (for instance, ahead of the rear axle for safety) if it's plastic rather than stamping and welding one. My stainless comment was for older vehicles. I think the tank in our new '06 Honda Pilot is plastic, I'll find out when I get underneath there one of these days. The '97 Passport it replaces has a good ol' stamped steel tank. My '98 Dodge Stratus had a plastic tank too. >I wonder what mods the Brazillian Beetles needed for running on ethanol back in >the '60s. > > Good question. I can't imagine the rubber held up too well to alcohol. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~