[Healeys] Ethanol

[coudesluijs at chello.nl (Oudesluys)]

In Europe there was often a substantial amount of ethanol in post war 
petrol wel into the '60's. Petrol was not of the best quality and 
ethanol was used as an octane booster. Not many problems at the time.
Kees Oudesluijs

Op 26-1-2017 om 21:20 schreef Michael Salter:
> /I doubt many if any cars in UK are E85 compliant.  All fuel lines 
> made prior to 1995 in US were NOT ethanol ready and will fall apart 
> readily.
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> /Hi Randy,
> Your note has raised a very interesting question.
> Have you had any experience with original Petroflex hoses failing due 
> to ethanol?
> We have been subjected to ethanol for many years now and I cannot 
> recall even one incidence of a Petroflex failure that I could 
> attribute to it.
> My own 100 has an original
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> Smiths Petroflex hose joining the main fuel line to the carb fuel pipe 
> and although it has only been on the road for 2 years since 
> restoration I have not seen any signs of failure and the hose is still 
> very flexible.
> ?I do know that if you subject a Petroflex hose to "Varsol" ?cleaning 
> fluid it deteriorates rapidly and that should definitely be avoided at 
> all costs.
> Would appreciate your thoughts.
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