Re: IML: E85 hard on fuel system

["Frederick Joslin" <fljoslin@xxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget that water by itself is not corrosive. It is oxygen that causes rust and other oxidation processes, not water. Water facilitates the process. I am sure that there will be more water in the E-85 fuel than in gasoline and there will probably also be more dissolved oxygen. I guess that it is semantics, but if you purged your E-85 with nitrogen, it would probably be much less corrosive. It is just easier and safer to make the fuel system more corrosion resistant since you could not guarantee keeping the oxygen out over a period of time.

----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Foster"
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Subject: Re: IML: E85 hard on fuel system
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:20:44 -0800

Ernie;

  That's surprising because I had always heard that methyl alcohol was harder on rubber parts then ethanol. The corrosive effect that ethanol may have on metal parts is that it will mix readily with water, anyone order a scotch and water knows that one.

Best Regards

Arran Foster

1954 Imperial Newport

1975 Chrysler Newport   

----- Original Message -----

From: Ernie Stepney

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Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 7:32 PM

Subject: RE: IML: Alcohol Fuel

Watch out for the effects of e85 on your fuel system, especially fuel injected cars. Ethanol appears to be rather corrosive to many components. On new e85 compatible cars every component from the fuel tank to the injectors is e85 specific. Lots of stainless steel.

 

Ernie and The Black Bitc_!!

 

 

 

 

Fred Joslin