I've had some really good mechanics tell me that the problem of the worn out carb's is related to the fact that modern unleaded fuels provide no lubrication the way the older unleaded fuels did. Results - seals and shafts wear out sooner. I've noticed evidence of that myself. John Rodgers 88 GL Driver Marc Perdue wrote: > Gas stations now tend not to advertise the fact that they use ethanol because > there were lots of rumours, none true, that gasohol caused the seals in your > carburetor to deteriorate. > > |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.