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Date:         Thu, 31 May 2007 14:38:40 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
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From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: MTBE out and ethanol in
Comments: To: mordo <helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <de48c0be0705311106x30a950b4r1e06ffa974168063@mail.gmail.com>
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Yeah the whitish stuff sounds right... check out this thread and pick:

They mention whitish muck too

http://tinyurl.com/34veug

As to when it happened it varies by area. In MA it's been a couple years like most major metros.

Jim Akiba

-----Original Message----- From: mordo [mailto:helmut.blong@GMAIL.COM] Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:06 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: MTBE out and ethanol in

I wonder when this changeover occurred. The sludge that I found in my three year-old tank seemed to be composed of rust and a whitish, waxy substance. I had speculated that it was a Techroline treatment that had loosend up this muck but mayhap it was ethanol-blended gasoline.

> I don't see any reason why the performance of our rigs would act any > different that a boat engine in this regard. Could be the gremlin that has > plagued many people on this list. >

-- mordo 1990 Carat


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