| Thanks to all for your info. Just for everyone's benefit in the future,
here's what I've found out so far: 1). The Ethanol in the gasoline will break down rubber hoses faster.
It's a good idea to replace them if they're older. 2). The Ethanol can cause problems with some older fiberglass tanks.
View the article below for more info:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BQK/is_1_11/ai_n16019367 3). The Ethanol will attract water and hydrated ethanol will sererate
from the gasoline or cause a thicker, gunky emulsification with the
gasoline. Both of these situations can cause fuel line/injector clogs.
Recommendations: Keep fuel tanks full to minimize moisture absorption.
Also, use a fuel injector cleaner/treatment every other tank or so of
fuel. 4). When gasoline containing MTBE and gasoline containing ethanol are
mixed, a reaction with the MTBE and ethanol fuel mixtures can cause
fuel problems including clogged fuel lines/injectors, sputtering or
inoperable engines, etc. Recommendations: Use all of the MTBE fuel in
your tank before filling with the ethanol blend. 5). Why the heck didn't they use butanol instead of ethanol? I would've
served the same purpose, but is less corrosive than Ethanol and
actually increases the octane rating of the gasoline blend. Till Support the production and use of butanol biofuels as an alternative to
petroleum based products.
1) It's 100% interchangable with Gasoline with no engine modifications.
2) It has a higher octane rating (103)
3) It's produced from renewable crops such as corn, barley, wheat, or
crop processing byproducts, such as mollasses.
4) Combustion of butanol produces only H20 and C02 (green CO2, not
fossilized CO2).
5) Production of butanol from bio-sources produces only butanol,
hydrogen (collectable and useable as a fuel source in the butanol
production process, and bio-by-products that can be used as livestock
feeds.
6) Butanol can be produced for about $1.05 - $1.25 per gallon. |
