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diehldon(at)comcast.net
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 Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: Ethanol experience? |
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Costco recently started adding 10% ethanol to both their regular and premium gas.
Although I have had 20 years of trouble free experience in three airplanes with automotive gas, I'm hesitant about ethanol.
My primary concerns are vapor lock and carb ice.
Has anyone out there used ethanol "enhanced" mogas? For how long? What problems?
Don Diehl
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Bremerton WA
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: Ethanol experience? |
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In a message dated 6/22/2008 8:37:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, diehldon(at)comcast.net writes:
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Been using it in my -4 for about 5 or 6 years (I think), summer and winter. Less fouling and easier winter starting. Runs fine. Having issues with the 19 year old tanks though.
Jim
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AV8ORJWC
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:39 pm Post subject: Ethanol experience? |
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My wife's BMW740i just got new plugs and Techron injector cleaner to improve mileage and idle roughness. The car purred, she was happy. Filled up at Costco (she needs Premium due to a high performance eprom chip). Mileage dropped from 20.3 to 17.8.
Boy did she bitch. Now I can tell her see, four farmers and our congressmen are happy you are saving the environment and spending more on gas which jumped $0.07 since before I corrected the idle roughness.
Just can't win.
John Cox
Oregon
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Subject: Ethanol experience?
Costco recently started adding 10% ethanol to both their regular and premium gas.
Although I have had 20 years of trouble free experience in three airplanes with automotive gas, I'm hesitant about ethanol.
My primary concerns are vapor lock and carb ice.
Has anyone out there used ethanol "enhanced" mogas? For how long? What problems?
Don Diehl
RV-4
150h.p. Lyc O320-E2D
Bremerton WA
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Kellym
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| Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 7:52 pm Post subject: Ethanol experience? |
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I don't know John, my cars have been running on mogas with 10% ethanol
full time for the last 10 years(required for Phoenix non-attainment
area). They get better than EPA rated gas mileage on the ethanol blend.
I've used gasahol off and on for 15 years prior to it being required.
Never had a driveability problem with it on carb or injected engines.
That includes mostly German Bosch injected engines. So I'm kind of at a
loss why you should have that result. OTOH, I've stayed with stock OEM
eproms.
Kelly
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My wife's BMW740i just got new plugs and Techron injector cleaner to
improve mileage and idle roughness. The car purred, she was happy.
Filled up at Costco (she needs Premium due to a high performance eprom
chip). Mileage dropped from 20.3 to 17.8.
Boy did she bitch. Now I can tell her see, four farmers and our
congressmen are happy you are saving the environment and spending more
on gas which jumped $0.07 since before I corrected the idle roughness.
Just can't win.
John Cox
Oregon
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brian.kraut(at)engalt.com
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 9:18 pm Post subject: Ethanol experience? |
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We did a special radio show on ethanol last Saturday. I just got up the archive at www.flighttimeradio.com. Go to the archives tab on the left or go to the podcast tab and downolad the podcast. We had a few expert guests on the show with some very good information.
Brian Kraut
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 5:25 am Post subject: Ethanol experience? |
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We did a special radio show on ethanol last Saturday. I just got up the archive at www.flighttimeradio.com. Go to the archives tab on the left or go to the podcast tab and downolad the podcast. We had a few expert guests on the show with some very good information.
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