On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:00 PM, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote: > , and add a bottle of Heet to the fuel > tank every once in a while. Heet is alcohol, and alcohol is hygroscopic > - ie - it absorbs water, then it will go through the fuel system without > killing the engine > John > > John Rodgers > I'm curious...Would ethanol gasoline we get now not be similar to running Heet in the gas? Do we even have to bother if the gas we are sold contains alcohol already? And, wouldn't ethanol/gas have lots MORE water in it than un-blended gas....water that was in the pipes, the tanks, the hoses, etc etc that the gas encounters between the refinery and the spark plugs? Don Hanson |
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