[TR] Ethanol

[TeriAnn J. Wakeman]

On 6/5/13 8:08 AM, John Macartney wrote:
> I'm simply
> curious to know what you guys think and may have discovered in the unavoidable
> use of ethanol in your tanks?
Cars: 1961 TR3 & 1960 Land Rover  Both had locally sourced rubber fuel 
lines.

After the switchover to ethanol blend petrol both vehicle suffered from 
the fuel lines disintegrating.  It took a months of running on the new 
fuel before the fuel filters started clogging. By the time all was over 
I had to replace the fuel lines on both vehicles from the tank to the 
carbs, clean out carb fuel chambers,  clean the screens on the DCOE 
inlets and the screens on the fuel pumps. Each car went through a couple 
filters.  The old fuel lines looked perfect on the outside but were 
dissolving on the inside.

Once I replaced all the pre-ethanol fuel lines with new formula fuel 
lines everything has been OK and trouble free.

TeriAnn