The ethyl alcohol limit in gasoline is 10%, you can only use 5% methyl
(wood) alcohol.

Methanol is cheaper and also is exempt from Revenue Tax because it is not
drinkable.... well.... you shouldn't drink it as it is poisonous and will
blind you...

Methanol is also harder on the plastic and rubber components of your car but
I am assuming that the makeup of the parts now is impervious to alcohols.


"Hootowl" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:39:13 +0000 (UTC), wrote:
>
>>
>>
>>On 2005-07-09 said:
>> >Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys,rec.autos.tech
>> >Mike Romain proclaimed:
>>[snip]
>>
>> >Since Bush Gas, I haven't been able to run Texaco, Chevron, or Shell
>> >regular in a 95 4.0 without mild ping. Recently the local Valero
>> >station ran out of midgrade, and it seems that their regular will
>> >actually run without ping.
>>I recently noticed the nearby (40 miles away) Diamond Shamrock (soon
>>to be called Valero) pumps have sprouted gasohol stickers. Small-town
>>station, no known additive strictures. Seems to run OK, unlike
>>Albuquerque wintertime-mandated gasohol, which noticably slows my
>>Honda Civic.
>>
>>Comment?
>
> I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
> burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
> my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
> fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
> (Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
> it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
> alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
> short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.
>
> I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
> now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
> much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
> primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
> racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
> methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
> the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
> and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.
>
> Dan
>>
>>Tom Willmon
>>near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA
>>
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