[Healeys] Ethanol

[Bob Spidell]

Not sure if you're being sarcastic, Chris, but denatured alcohol IS ethanol, with something added to make it undrinkable 
(although the Polish type looks pretty tasty).  In a weird way, our 'gasahol' is denatured alcohol, with distilled 
petroleum  as the denaturing agent.

When I was younger and (slightly) dumber, I worked at an ag chemical test lab.  We had all kinds of solvents available, 
so occasionally I'd throw a quart or two of methanol in my '66 Mustang's tank to scavenge any water.   AFAIK, the car 
suffered no adverse effects, though methanol--aka 'wood alcohol'--is much more corrosive than ethanol.

Bob



On 10/8/2011 4:57 AM, Chris Dimmock wrote:
> 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
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> 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
>>
>


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