<VV> Re: (VV) Ethanol?

[Ray Lough]

We have been running it in our corvairs here in Iowa for years with no 
problems.  It helps to increase your jet size slightly especially in warmer 
weather.
At 6/16/2005 07:13 PM, Arjay Morgan wrote:

>Fellow Varians:
>There was this quote in the New York Times today:
>a new emphasis on biofuels like corn-based ethanol
>would contribute to a reduction in imports. That idea
>was backed in the Senate on Wednesday, as lawmakers
>voted 70 to 26 to require refiners to add eight
>billion gallons of ethanol each year to the gasoline
>supply by 2012. It was one of the first significant
>votes on a measure expected to occupy the Senate for
>at least the next two weeks.
>
>------If that comes to pass, the eight billion gallons
>of ethanol, that means we'll be seeing the 'gasahol'
>blend at pumps here in Florida, and my question is how
>will our Corvairs react to this diet?
>
>I understand the gas-alcohol blend can damage some
>seals and rubber parts in fuel systems. Will my
>Monza's fuel pump succumb? What about other fuel
>system parts on our old cars? Surely there is someone
>on the list who has either researched or experienced
>gasahol.
>
>Inquiringly,
>Arjay Morgan
>64 Monza convert
>
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