Return-Path: Received: from mail.viclink.com ([66.129.220.6] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3117939 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:59:07 -0500 Received: from mail.viclink.com (p002.AS1.viclink.com [66.129.192.2]) by mail.viclink.com (8.11.7/8.11.7) with ESMTP id i2OFwVV58832 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:58:31 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4061AF95.2010209@mail.viclink.com> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2004 07:56:06 -0800 From: Perry Mick User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win95; en-US; rv:1.0.1) Gecko/20020823 Netscape/7.0 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Alcohol in fuel References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.3(snapshot 20030217) (mail.viclink.com) I was worried about it at one time, because in this area of Oregon they put ethanol in the gas between Nov. and Feb. I was assured by Gary Hunter that 10% ethanol would cause no harm. I have noticed no negative effects after 5 years. No leaks yet. My tanks are made from SafetyPoxy (now EZ Poxy), seems to be some of the most fuel-resistant stuff out there. Bob Darrah wrote: >The fiberglass guys should be afraid of alcohol in fuel because it attacks >fiberglass, too! > >Bob Darrah > >Why would I be worried about a > > >>>little alcohol anyway? >>> >>>Cheers, >>>Rusty (still in search of a pump) >>> >>> >>> >>Isn't it just the Lycoming guys who are afraid of the alcohol because it >>attacks some of the material they use for seals? >> >>-- >>http://www.ernest.isa-geek.org/ >>"Ignorance is mankinds normal state, >> alleviated by information and experience." >> Veeduber >> >> >>