Date:         Tue, 8 Nov 2011 12:41:51 -0800
Reply-To:     Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From:         Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject:      Re: '85 1.9 - fuel issues - SOLVED
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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you're right about our current ethanol gas ..
it does have water absorbing properties they way we get it, as far as I know
anyway.

I would hope they work pretty hard to keep the product consistent and of
decent quality ..
and not let water get into it anywhere in the manufacture and delivery
process.

The best opportunity, for getting water in the gas, short of the car or van
that go-juice goes into, is at the gas station I think.
Gas station in-ground tanks are probably mostly pretty good these days
....'but.'


----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Hanson" <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 5:47 AM
Subject: Re: '85 1.9 - fuel issues - SOLVED


> 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