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Wait until one day you go to start your car and all of your rubber fuel
lines burst, that's what happened to my '57 after sitting for a long
time. It also destroys Holley electric fuel pumps and fuel pressure
regulators I've learned first hand. Supposedly it will eat away
aluminum lines and parts too, good stuff. I know my '97 Eldorado's owners
manual clearly states to not use any fuels with methanol (same shit, different
box) or severe engine damage will occur, I put an engine in that car not
too long ago due to multiple burnt exhaust valves (cheaper to replace than
repair). Was it a fuel quality issue or cogged injectors causing a lean
issue that burnt the exhaust valves like we originally assumed? If the new
cars are immune to this crap it'd be a win win situation for the oil companies
and the car manufacturers, sell less actual gas for more money (that isn't as
efficient), and wipe out any car that is more than a few years old forcing
people to buy new cars.
Adam Lindenbaum
In a message dated 3/12/2011 11:07:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
jrawa@xxxxxxx writes:
the threat is real... so far 2 out of 27 vehicles i
intermittently/regularly use have fallen victim- a 57 plymouth 2dr wagon and
my 58 golden commando savoy... apparently with some sort of phase
separation of fuel... the fuel level flaots [on sending units] have loast
their red-lacquer like coating, absorbed the fuel or alcohol and sank... no
longer buoyant.... i had to remove the sending unit on the car, and the whole
tank on the wagon, remove the cork/coated floats and replace them with [what
will hopefully last] cellular foam type floats i salvaged from parts cars over
the years [mid-80s era].... which were also designed for non-alcohol fuel...
the good this is all my carburetors are either pre-mid 60's units with brass
sealed floats, or holleys from '00 and up with resistant plastic
floats... i did the 58 2 days ago and the wagon today.... 11 more
finned mopars with cork floats still floating... my lincolns/ford products
have brass flaots, 51 buick has a brass float, not sure what my later 50s GMs
have... my muscle-era GMs have cellular foam floats... only time will
tell.
all the hippies fooled and fueled by politics are ruining our
cars
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L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Fri, Mar 11, 2011 2:45 am Subject:
[FWDLK] ETHANOL DAMAGE TO GASOLINE ENGINES
YOU BE THE JUDGE!!!!!!!!
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