The problem with your posts
jhellwig, is they only tell half the story... the half that makes ethanol appear to be a good thing (or, at least, not a bad thing).
To start with... ethanol,
compared to gasoline, is a low(er) energy/high(er) octane fuel that is highly hygroscopic causing it to have greatly increased corrosive effects. Ethanol,
compared to gasoline, really is a horrible motor fuel for anything except special purpose (such as specially built race engines). It's nothin' but smoke 'n' mirrors to point out any "benefits" or defend ethanol as a motor fuel without making the
direct comparison to what it's supposed to be replacing.
Another thing, saying alcohol-is-alcohol is like saying oil-is-oil... next time you change oil in your truck try using olive
oil and let me know how that works for ya'. There are all different sorts of alcohol, and every one of them is a different chemical substance with entirely different properties as a fuel additive. An additive with methanol (for example) may emulsify water... but it ain't hygroscopic, and it won't phase separate at the saturation point... they may both be an alcohol, but they ain't the same thing, not even close. Making that comparison is just more smoke 'n' mirrors... just more BS and half-truth. B'sides, at 10% (or 15%) ethanol is hardly being used as an "additive", it's supplementing gasoline... and that there is a huge friggin' difference.
Comparing ethanol (as a solvent) to petroleum based solvents is also smoke 'n' mirrors. Ethanol does not leave behind a protective oily residue like (most) petroleum solvents. Clean steel with ethanol and set it outside over night and you'll have a coating of rust on it. Ethanol actually leaves behind an ultra-thin layer of water on a perfectly clean surface, gasoline leaves behind an ultra-thin layer of... well... petroleum. What happens, in float bowls for example, is the ethanol phase separates, and the water ethanol solution eats (by oxidation) the metal faster than water alone... because the friggin' ethanol has removed the protective oily residue
and is providing the oxygen‼ I've seen several carbs that look like they've flat dissolved... and every one of them were running ethanol blended fuel‼
I could go on... but what's the point?? You're an ethanol supporter, I ain't... you repeat the propaganda, I won't.
I don't doubt you've never had problems with ethanol blended fuel... many people can say that.
But it's like I always say...
It ain't that you've been lucky so far, you just ain't been
unlucky... yet‼
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