[Healeys] Ethanol

[Alan Seigrist]

Tom -

The affects are much worse on American mechanical fuel pumps.  On my old '66
Ford Bronco, one tank with ethanol in it was enough to fry the fuel pump.  I
fried three fuel pumps putting ethanol based fuel in that car.

For LBCs, early on there were problems with HD diaphragms, but the newer
ones seem to hold up fine.  If your car has H series or HS series carbs, it
is much less of an issue.  If you have an SU pump, it will eventually fry
the pump.

The big picture is corn ethanol is a very wasteful and poor substitute for
proper fuel.

Alan

On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Tom Felts <tomfelts at windstream.net> wrote:

> Maybe it is true-maybe it isn't.  Some of those components look like they
> came fro ancient cars left sitting for a long time.  Naturally some of the
> rubber and components are corroded.  How long have we been driving our LBC's
> using this stuff?
>
>
>
> ---- Alan Seigrist <healey.nut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> All -
>
> This is a must watch.  Here's the tunyurl:
>
> *http://tinyurl.com/3t27eez*
> *
> *
> But heck it sells alot of corn.  Don't even get me started on Sen. Chuck
> Grassley.
>
> Alan
>
> On Sat, Oct 8, 2011 at 4:59 AM, edic at tampabay.rr.com
> <edic at tampabay.rr.com>wrote:
>
> > Healey Folks,
> >
> > I receive an email from Hagerty News today with a video about ethanol
> > damage
> > that I thought I would pass on.
> >
> > http://www.historicvehicle
> >
> >
> org/Latest-News/September-2011/2011/09/22/Under-hood-ethanol-classic-car?utm_
> >
> >
> ource=ExactTarget&utm_medium=email&utm_term=&utm_content=Client&utm_campaign=
> > agerty%20News-October
> >
> > Mel Brunet
> > HBJ8L/39749
> >
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