[Healeys] Ethanol

[Rich Chrysler]

So for my seasonally driven LBC that sits for almost 6 months in storage
through our damp Ontario winters, we'd better be doing something like drain
it, leaving an empty steel tank to gather condensation regardless, or try to
stabilize it with something up to the task.

Rich

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of David Porter
Sent: 2011-10-07 10:36
To: 'Tom Felts'; 'Alan Seigrist'; edic at tampabay.rr.com
Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Ethanol

FWIW.. I attended a Q&A session with Paul Russell (www.paulrussell.com) and
he allowed that after speaking with oil company chemists he was told that
modern fuel w/ethanol has an absolute shelf life of only 6 months. If you
car sits a lot, drain it or stabilize it.
 I'll add my two cents and that is the worst thing you can do is not drive
the car(s) regularly
Dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Tom Felts
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2011 6:59 PM
To: Alan Seigrist; edic at tampabay.rr.com
Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Ethanol

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?
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