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Old 08-04-2018, 12:13 AM
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Re: ethanol

Of the known problems with ethanol on board . . . .
  • dissolves fiberglass fuel tanks
  • dissolves older non alcohol rated fuel hoses
  • acts like a solvent launching residual tank crud into the mix
  • combines with water to a point
. . . . . none are dealbreakers. Some of us have no choice, are forced to use E10 (welcome to California) but somehow we do so without problems. If our tank is fiberglass we replace it, if our fuel hoses are not alcohol rated we replace them, if our tank has crud inside (why is the real question) we clean or replace the tank, if there's water in our fuel, why? Said another way, ethanol highlights fuel system problems rather than causes them. It forces us to have our fuel system in the condition it should have been in the first place.

Ask yourselves, if you believe ethanol really causes all these problems why are some of us running trouble free for years, even decades? Shouldn't we have problems too?
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