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On Wed, 2006-03-29 at 22:52, Jim Adney wrote: > 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.... Consider this, your gas tank and lines are a sealed vessel. The only moisture that should be in there is what is brought in by the product. (And maybe by the vent line if it is bad.) Ethanol just adsorbs any moisture that is in the sytems, keeps it in suspension, and passes it on out through the injectors. Just like "Heat" or "Drygas". Your fuel system SHOULD be dryer with ethanol, than with regular gas. -- 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 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~