Dan: I think the FAA stand agaist ethynol fuel blends has more to 'Vapor Pressure" concerns causing a "Vapor Lock" problem in the air than anything else. Most cars built in the last 15 or 20 years have elastomeric fuel system components that were designed to handle ethynol so it generally is not a problem. I did have some old yard equipment that could not use it however.
I think the FAA is looking at the big picture and just not wanting to see someone have a problem with their 40 year old 172 using a blend and having a problem and the potential is certainly there. Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dann Johnson wrote: > > Ethel Alcohol is a good solvent, but not a super solvent, perhaps not as > good a solvent as gasolene itself. I was a bio major in college, with a > chem minor... just 8 hours worth of p chem short of a major. Organic > Chemistry is wonderful stuff. > > My 50 cent opinion is that most of the anti alcohol /gaso-hol stuff comes > from bad science: the $ public relations department of oil companies, > with colaboration / the "wink" from other companies. > > Growing up as an Iowa Corn Farmer, Since 1979, I have run only the > ethanol 10% / 90% gas blend. Not once have I ever had an engine quit, and > leave me a foot on the road... until last Saturday, and that was a broken > timing belt. > > Cars that I bought brand new... I ran my Ford Courier 240,000 miles plus > ... and my Ford Escort over 200 K.. and a Jeep Cherokee, and more than > a dozen n other high milage cars and trucks. No o-rings failed. > > Tigers and Lions and Bears, Oh My! > > Dann > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
