[Healeys] Ethanol

[Chris Dimmock]

You all remember to add Methylated Spirits to you tank at least once a  
year,  to absorb the condensation, don't you?
Try it. Mix 100ml of tap water with 100ml of methylated spirits. What  
do you get?? About 175ml of liquid.
Technically, metho is miscible with water. Enough to remove it from  
your tank, and still volitile enough to burn.
Don't know about Ethanol in petrol. I suppose the issue is if you have  
10% ethanol in your petrol, then your 50 litre tank has 5 litres of  
ethanol.
I'm talking about 200ml of metho in a tank of your best premium/  
avgas, once a year or so.
My American friends call metho  http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denatured_alcohol
Works for me.
Your mileage and tank life may vary.
Best.
Chris
www.myaustinhealey.com

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On 08/10/2011, at 3:24 PM, "Rich Chrysler"  
<richchrysler at quickclic.net> wrote:

> 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
>
> frogeye at porterscustom.com
>
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>
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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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