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ethanol laden fuel S70 1998

posted by  KlausC on  Fri Aug 17 09:19 CST 2018
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Your engines are engineered to use unleaded gasoline. AVgas is 100 octane with lead, and quite expensive. Most airports will not sell any gas that is not used in airplane engines, there are laws...

Older cars, pre ethanol, had rubber parts in the fuel delivery system. The unfortunate result of using ethanol was rubber was being dissolved by the ethanol. Because ethanol replaced the lead additive, one needed to replace the valves which were no longer being coated with lead, the 'soft' valves were wearing away rapidly.

Most of the engines affected by ethanol were carburetor based, with all of the rubber seals in the carb.

Your best bet is to write to your esteemed representatives, state and federal, and let them know that 15% ethanol will destroy car engines and result in lower MPG.
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