Howdy
Alchohol lowers the octane rating of gas. A while back, gasahol
was a big deal. It was supposed to be the cure-all for the fuel
shortage. It sure brought in some good dollars for me as a mechanic
doing valve jobs and exhaust jobs. (Although I didn't like the
exhaust work.) The mixture would burn too cool and carbon up the
valves. They then would overheat and plenty of pie-shape valves would
be the result. If I were to put any kind of alchohol in my gas tanks,
it would only be dry-gas. Even then, I would use it sparingly. Most
winter mixtures of gasoline have plenty of moisture remover in them
already. A better way to keep water out of the tank is to run a tank
of premium every once and a while.
Hope some of this blathering helps someone out there.
Dan
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