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EPA wants to increase ethanol to 15%
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<blockquote data-quote="RadioHowie" data-source="post: 577529" data-attributes="member: 426"><p>If anyone missed my fuel pump thread, <a href="https://tinyurl.com/anc6st" target="_blank">THIS</a> is what happens to an FJR fuel tank when it sits too long without use.</p><p></p><p>Ethanol, as is all forms of alcohol, is very hygroscopic. That's a fancy word that means "attracts water". So ethanol in a gas tank will literally absorb water right out of the air and put it in your gas tank. If there's room in your tank, i.e., not full of fuel, the moisture in the void above the fuel will start eating away at the untreated, mild steel of the inside of your tank in the form of oxidation, aka, rust.</p><p></p><p>Yep....that's rust packed up in my fuel pump.</p><p></p><p>The higher the percentage of ethanol, the more moisture can be absorbed by the fuel in your tank.</p><p></p><p>I wonder if the EPA is gonna buy us all new fuel pumps?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RadioHowie, post: 577529, member: 426"] If anyone missed my fuel pump thread, [URL="https://tinyurl.com/anc6st"]THIS[/URL] is what happens to an FJR fuel tank when it sits too long without use. Ethanol, as is all forms of alcohol, is very hygroscopic. That's a fancy word that means "attracts water". So ethanol in a gas tank will literally absorb water right out of the air and put it in your gas tank. If there's room in your tank, i.e., not full of fuel, the moisture in the void above the fuel will start eating away at the untreated, mild steel of the inside of your tank in the form of oxidation, aka, rust. Yep....that's rust packed up in my fuel pump. The higher the percentage of ethanol, the more moisture can be absorbed by the fuel in your tank. I wonder if the EPA is gonna buy us all new fuel pumps? [/QUOTE]
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