<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8562"><span>I agree with Bill ethanol is driving up the price of Bourbon.</span></div><div><span>Rat Juncal</span></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8563" class="qtdSeparateBR"><br><br></div><div style="display: block;" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8749" class="yahoo_quoted"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8748" style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8747" style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8746" dir="ltr"> <font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8750" face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; "healeys@autox.team.net" <healeys@autox.team.net> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 31, 2018 7:22 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br> </font> </div> <div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8751" class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0959090549"><style type="text/css">#yiv0959090549 #yiv0959090549 -- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;}#yiv0959090549 </style><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8753" dir="ltr">
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8752" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Whatever happened to "Alcohol and gasoline don't mix." </div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8860" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">I prefer my ethanol chilled in 16 ounce containers...</div>
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<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8863" style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;">Bill Lawrence</div>
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<div class="yiv0959090549yqt7161977344" id="yiv0959090549yqtfd50396"><div dir="ltr" id="yiv0959090549divRplyFwdMsg"><font id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8865" style="font-size:11pt;" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net><br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:23:39 PM<br clear="none">
<b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br clear="none">
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol</font>
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</span></font></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1527823549441_8866" class="yiv0959090549PlainText"><div class="yiv0959090549yqt7161977344" id="yiv0959090549yqtfd88366">That's been my experience. We've logged many thousands of miles and
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calculated the MPG we get on every tank; the difference between 10% <br clear="none">
gasahol and pure gas is negligible (although it's impossible to get <br clear="none">
exact comparisons because road conditions, altitude, etc. change over <br clear="none">
the course of a tank). Also, FWIW, in 140K miles I've never had a <br clear="none">
problem that could be attributed to ethanol; I just replaced the <br clear="none">
Petroflex hard line to carburettor flex line because it was a little <br clear="none">
stiff but was in otherwise good nick at over 100K miles. The coating in <br clear="none">
the tank has held up as well.<br clear="none">
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But I still don't like subsidizing ADM.<br clear="none">
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Bob<br clear="none">
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On 5/30/2018 8:39 AM, Kees Oudesluijs wrote:<br clear="none">
> The better mileage on pure petrol is only theoretical. In practice you <br clear="none">
> will not notice at all. Ethanol has a lower energy content so you <br clear="none">
> would require more ethanol than petrol for a given amount of energy. <br clear="none">
> However there is only 5% maximum in petrol unless stated otherwise in <br clear="none">
> Europe and a small bit of 5% is negligible and well within the <br clear="none">
> tolerance of the accuracy of the measurement. I very much doubt if one <br clear="none">
> can register an increase of 1% in mileage. There are so many other <br clear="none">
> factors influencing mileage.<br clear="none">
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> Kees Oudesluijs<br clear="none">
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> Op 30-5-2018 om 12:55 schreef simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com:<br clear="none">
>> The Ethanol rules are different here in the UK. Probably dreamed up <br clear="none">
>> by some booby in Brussels, passed into law and we're the only country <br clear="none">
>> enforcing it.<br clear="none">
>> As to the practicalities.......I'm not sure about my current setup <br clear="none">
>> (Webers) but previously (3 HD6s), I was pretty sure that I got more <br clear="none">
>> mileage for my money on high(er) octane. More bangs for my <br clear="none">
>> buck/better value for money..whatever.<br clear="none">
>> Simon<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> -----Original Message-----<br clear="none">
>> From: Healeys [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] On Behalf Of
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>> Bob Haskell<br clear="none">
>> Sent: 30 May 2018 11:00<br clear="none">
>> To: John Rowe <john@jtkarowe.com.au><br clear="none">
>> Cc: 'Healey List' <healeys@autox.team.net><br clear="none">
>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> One can still buy non-ethanol fuel at the pump here in the States; <br clear="none">
>> Countrymark is one company that sells premium with zero ethanol. One <br clear="none">
>> can't always tell if there's ethanol in the gasoline by looking at <br clear="none">
>> the pump. Apparently, it's up to the individual state to decide if a <br clear="none">
>> label on the pump is required. I don't think that it's required in <br clear="none">
>> Indiana.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> A couple of reasons for ethanol: reduces amount of oil used/imported <br clear="none">
>> and another market for corn. Not sure I agree with using a <br clear="none">
>> foodstuff, but that's what's been done.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> The other issue I've wondered about, but haven't looked into, is the <br clear="none">
>> price differential between grades of gasoline. For years the mid <br clear="none">
>> grade was 10 cents a gallon more than regular and premium was another <br clear="none">
>> 10 cents. In the last couple of years it's changed to 25 to 30 cents <br clear="none">
>> between grades.<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> Cheers,<br clear="none">
>><br clear="none">
>> Bob Haskell<br clear="none">
>> AHCA 3000 MkI registrar<br clear="none">
>> <a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" target="_blank" href="http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php">http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php</a><br clear="none">
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>> On 05/29/2018 10:04 PM, John Rowe wrote:<br clear="none">
>>> OK, thanks Mike. We have it in Oz, and the greenies here are trying to<br clear="none">
>>> make it mandatory I believe. We can buy 91/95/98 unleaded at the pump.<br clear="none">
>>> For 98 we pay about $1.70/litre.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> At 2c/litre discount for E10 from 91 octane (which won’t run Healeys),<br clear="none">
>>> why would you bother buying it due to the decreased mpg.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> John Rowe Qld Australia<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> *From:*Michael MacLean [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net">mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>]<br clear="none">
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 May 2018 10:26 AM<br clear="none">
>>> *To:* john@jtkarowe.com.au; tld6008@mchsi.com<br clear="none">
>>> *Cc:* 'Healey List'<br clear="none">
>>> *Subject:* RE: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Fuel at the pump is 10% ethanol by law. Right now gasoline is going<br clear="none">
>>> for an average of $3.75 to $4 US per gallon. If you want fuel without<br clear="none">
>>> ethanol you can buy high octane racing gas, but it's $10 per gallon<br clear="none">
>>> and it is supposed to be illegal in street vehicles.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Mike M<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<br clear="none">
>>> <<a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"></a>https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrow<br clear="none">
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>>><br clear="none">
>>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:43 PM, John Rowe<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> <john@jtkarowe.com.au> wrote:<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> As an Australian, I ask ‘why do you use ethanol in these <br clear="none">
>>> vehicles?’,<br clear="none">
>>> or don’t you have a say as to what you use in your countries.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> John Rowe<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Qld Australia<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> *From:*Healeys [<a rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] *On
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>>> Behalf Of<br clear="none">
>>> *Michael MacLean<br clear="none">
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, 30 May 2018 5:55 AM<br clear="none">
>>> *To:* tld6008@mchsi.com<br clear="none">
>>> *Cc:* Healey List<br clear="none">
>>> *Subject:* Re: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Don't do it. It will fill with gas in about two years and you <br clear="none">
>>> will<br clear="none">
>>> be doing this again. All you have to do is buy a brass float and<br clear="none">
>>> swap it out for the plastic one and sleep well at night. It just<br clear="none">
>>> snaps right in. The brass float is a Ford part no. COAZ-9202-B. <br clear="none">
>>> You<br clear="none">
>>> can find them on eBay, Amazon, Summit Racing and even the Ford<br clear="none">
>>> dealer. Ethanol does not eat brass.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Mike M.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<br clear="none">
>>> <<a href="" rel="nofollow" shape="rect"></a>https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&c=Global_Internal_YGrow<br clear="none">
>>> th_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&af_wl=ym&af_sub1=Internal&af_sub2=Glo<br clear="none">
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>>><br clear="none">
>>> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 12:46 PM, Tim Davis BN7<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> <tld6008@mchsi.com> wrote:<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> I had the powdery residue all over mine. I just bought a <br clear="none">
>>> new one<br clear="none">
>>> from Moss it has a plastic float. Hopefully it will hold up.<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Tim Davis BN7<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> ----- Original Message -----<br clear="none">
>>> From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net><br clear="none">
>>> To: Healey List <healeys@autox.team.net><br clear="none">
>>> Sent: Tue, 29 May 2018 11:29:39 -0400 (EDT)<br clear="none">
>>> Subject: [Healeys] Effects of Ethanol<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> This past weekend I removed the tank to extract the sending <br clear="none">
>>> unit<br clear="none">
>>> on my Bugeye because of a constant reading of empty on the<br clear="none">
>>> gauge. As suspected, the plastic float was filled with<br clear="none">
>>> gasoline. Ethanol! While replacing the plastic float for <br clear="none">
>>> brass<br clear="none">
>>> and the cork gaskets for Viton type gaskets, I also swapped <br clear="none">
>>> out<br clear="none">
>>> the sending unit top cover cork gasket with a Viton type using<br clear="none">
>>> Hylomar AF to seal things up. The big surprise came when I<br clear="none">
>>> found the rheostat cavity full of gasoline. Must have entered<br clear="none">
>>> through the hole in the sending unit body for the float lever.<br clear="none">
>>> Anyone have experience with this? Should I be concerned? I<br clear="none">
>>> remember the original sending unit I removed form the Bugeye<br clear="none">
>>> tank was full of a white powdery residue around the rheostat<br clear="none">
>>> like it had also been filled with gasoline. Anyone have<br clear="none">
>>> experience with this?<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
>>> Mike MacLean<br clear="none">
>>><br clear="none">
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