<div dir="auto">Ethanol is required because large agribusinesses have lobbied for it as a revenue stream. It takes a lot of oil to produce ethanol. The US is now an exporter of oil due to pressure from the Koch brothers. Follow the money...<br><br><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Ira Erbs<br>Portland, OR<br>typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, May 30, 2018, 3:29 AM Bob Haskell <<a href="mailto:rchaskell@earthlink.net">rchaskell@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">One can still buy non-ethanol fuel at the pump here in the States; <br>
Countrymark is one company that sells premium with zero ethanol. One <br>
can't always tell if there's ethanol in the gasoline by looking at the <br>
pump. Apparently, it's up to the individual state to decide if a label <br>
on the pump is required. I don't think that it's required in Indiana.<br>
<br>
A couple of reasons for ethanol: reduces amount of oil used/imported and <br>
another market for corn. Not sure I agree with using a foodstuff, but <br>
that's what's been done.<br>
<br>
The other issue I've wondered about, but haven't looked into, is the <br>
price differential between grades of gasoline. For years the mid grade <br>
was 10 cents a gallon more than regular and premium was another 10 <br>
cents. In the last couple of years it's changed to 25 to 30 cents <br>
between grades.<br>
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Cheers,<br>
<br>
Bob Haskell<br>
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On 05/29/2018 10:04 PM, John Rowe wrote:<br>
> OK, thanks Mike. We have it in Oz, and the greenies here are trying to <br>
> make it mandatory I believe. We can buy 91/95/98 unleaded at the pump. <br>
> For 98 we pay about $1.70/litre.<br>
> <br>
> At 2c/litre discount for E10 from 91 octane (which won’t run Healeys), <br>
> why would you bother buying it due to the decreased mpg.<br>
> <br>
> John Rowe Qld Australia<br>
> <br>
> *From:*Michael MacLean [mailto:<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>]<br>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 May 2018 10:26 AM<br>
> *To:* <a href="mailto:john@jtkarowe.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">john@jtkarowe.com.au</a>; <a href="mailto:tld6008@mchsi.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tld6008@mchsi.com</a><br>
> *Cc:* 'Healey List'<br>
> *Subject:* RE: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br>
> <br>
> Fuel at the pump is 10% ethanol by law. Right now gasoline is going for <br>
> an average of $3.75 to $4 US per gallon. If you want fuel without <br>
> ethanol you can buy high octane racing gas, but it's $10 per gallon and <br>
> it is supposed to be illegal in street vehicles.<br>
> <br>
> Mike M<br>
> <br>
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> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:43 PM, John Rowe<br>
> <br>
> <<a href="mailto:john@jtkarowe.com.au" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">john@jtkarowe.com.au</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> As an Australian, I ask ‘why do you use ethanol in these vehicles?’,<br>
> or don’t you have a say as to what you use in your countries.<br>
> <br>
> John Rowe<br>
> <br>
> Qld Australia<br>
> <br>
> *From:*Healeys [mailto:<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] *On Behalf Of<br>
> *Michael MacLean<br>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 May 2018 5:55 AM<br>
> *To:* <a href="mailto:tld6008@mchsi.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tld6008@mchsi.com</a><br>
> *Cc:* Healey List<br>
> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br>
> <br>
> Don't do it. It will fill with gas in about two years and you will<br>
> be doing this again. All you have to do is buy a brass float and<br>
> swap it out for the plastic one and sleep well at night. It just<br>
> snaps right in. The brass float is a Ford part no. COAZ-9202-B. You<br>
> can find them on eBay, Amazon, Summit Racing and even the Ford<br>
> dealer. Ethanol does not eat brass.<br>
> <br>
> Mike M.<br>
> <br>
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> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Tim Davis BN7<br>
> <br>
> <<a href="mailto:tld6008@mchsi.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">tld6008@mchsi.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> <br>
> I had the powdery residue all over mine. I just bought a new one<br>
> from Moss it has a plastic float. Hopefully it will hold up.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Tim Davis BN7<br>
> <br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: Michael MacLean <<a href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>><br>
> To: Healey List <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2018 11:29:39 -0400 (EDT)<br>
> Subject: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br>
> <br>
> This past weekend I removed the tank to extract the sending unit<br>
> on my Bugeye because of a constant reading of empty on the<br>
> gauge. As suspected, the plastic float was filled with<br>
> gasoline. Ethanol! While replacing the plastic float for brass<br>
> and the cork gaskets for Viton type gaskets, I also swapped out<br>
> the sending unit top cover cork gasket with a Viton type using<br>
> Hylomar AF to seal things up. The big surprise came when I<br>
> found the rheostat cavity full of gasoline. Must have entered<br>
> through the hole in the sending unit body for the float lever. <br>
> Anyone have experience with this? Should I be concerned? I<br>
> remember the original sending unit I removed form the Bugeye<br>
> tank was full of a white powdery residue around the rheostat<br>
> like it had also been filled with gasoline. Anyone have<br>
> experience with this?<br>
> <br>
> Mike MacLean<br>
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