[Fot] Ethanol in TX gasoline.

[Steven Preiss]

Thanks. 
Seems a pretty big tank for such a small vehicle. Guess fill stations were fewer and farther between in the day.
BTW, I hate to fill it up, as the fumes more noticable when it is full. Thinking of installing a fume interceptor from a later MGB or TR6, but don't know how they are configured relative to the tank/vent. Any insights?
Steve P. 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Ken Gano palm top 
  To: Steven Preiss 
  Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2008 12:47 PM
  Subject: RE: [Fot] Ethanol in TX gasoline.


  The manual cites "Imperial" gallons.  The conversion is 14.99 U. S. gallons.

   

  Kg

   

   

  -----Original Message-----
  From: fot-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:fot-bounces at autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Steven Preiss
  Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 8:56 PM
  To: Tim Murphy
  Cc: fot at autox.team.net
  Subject: Re: [Fot] Ethanol in TX gasoline.

   

  I am wondering where the mixing of the fuels (Petrol and Ethanol) is done to allow for all these different percentages by location. Curious also whether the percentage varies by grade. Incidentally the manual states that the TR engines were designed to run on 80 octane. I'm guessing that the grading system has been changed since then. However I had been running 93 octane in my nearly stock TR3 street motor, until I decide to try a tank of 89. The engine seems to like the lower octane better, is running less rich and consuming fuel at a slower rate.

  Finally, can anyone tell me the capacity (US gals) of an early TR3 fuel tank? The manual states 12.5 gals, but I am putting in 12 gals with what appears to be something like 2 gals still remaining. Are they using Imperial measurement? (understand that 1 US gal equals about 5/6 Imperial gal)

  Steve P.---- Original Message ----- 


  From: Tim Murphy 

  To: John Herrera ; Bill Collins ; FOT 

  Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 2:25 AM

  Subject: Re: [Fot] Ethanol in TX gasoline.

   

  On the way to the Glen bought gas in Indiana, Ohio and New York and never saw an ethanol sticker on a single pump.  Here in Wisconsin they are on all the pumps, on all 3 grades.  I also saw someplace (can't remember where, CRS disease) that some supplieres are adding more than the required 10%.  An economic move I believe the article said.

   

  Tim

  ----- Original Message ----- 


  From: John Herrera 

  To: Bill Collins ; FOT 

  Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:38 AM

  Subject: Re: [Fot] Ethanol in TX gasoline.

   

  I spent Tuesday afternnon hanging about in my old friend's hangar. He was finishing an annual on a Piper Colt that has the Autogas STC. He needed gasoline to test the engine so he went to the nearby Sheetz and bought a can of 87 octane rating and a can of 91.
   
  Neither pump was labeled as containing ethanol.
   
  The STC allows the use of autogas only if it contains NO alcohol, so he tested the gas for alcohol content using a test kit. The kit came from Sporty's or Aircraft Spruce or equivalent. 
   
  The 87 contained 8% and the 91 contained 5% alcohol.
   
  So I think this means that one can't always go by the labeling on the pump.
   
  John H.

  In Texas, soon as one get out of the metropolitan areas of Ft. Worth and Dallas, say 15 miles south of Fort Worth to Motor Sports Ranch, there is NO Ethanol in any of the pump gas.  I know this because while doing HPDE's in my M3 I looked for Shell 93 Oct. I noticed that the required  "May contain up to 10%  Ethanol"  sticker required by law to be on every pump containing Ethanol was absent along with any vapor recovery technology. The station owner confirmed...  No Ethanol

   

  Bill Collins

  '64 MK1 Spit racer


------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  _______________________________________________
  http://www.team.net/donate.html

  Fot mailing list
  Fot at autox.team.net
  http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot


------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  _______________________________________________
  http://www.team.net/donate.html

  Fot mailing list
  Fot at autox.team.net
  http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/fot
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/fot/attachments/20080915/2393bff3/attachment-0003.htm>