<VV> FYI - Ethanol

[corsaconvertible]

As I said, in my 1965 Corvair Corsa, 140hp four(4) carburetor engine, with
over thirty (30) years of using E10, I haven't seen rubber parts fail
prematurely. Maybe in a few more years I will. Same story with my '64 Buick
Skylark, but only 18 years of use in southern California and Iowa. I have
heard your statement 100's of times. My long term experience to date is
indicating otherwise. I'd move this to "VV talk" if  knew how to move the
entire thread. It seems that talk about ethanol is about as controversial as
talk about religion or politics. Once a persons' mind is made up, it is
nearly impossible to change. I would like to put to bed the fears of using
E10 in Corvairs. Not likely to happen.
Tony Hansen

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Bill Sowerby <bsowerby at charter.net> wrote:

> The problem is not with the engine itself.   Rubber parts will fail
> prematurely, so all hoses, o-rings and other similar parts in the fuel
> delivery system will need to be replaced ...
>
> Bill
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:virtualvairs-bounces at corvair.org] On Behalf Of corsaconvertible
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2010 1:07 PM
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> FYI - Ethanol
>
> Since the government requires 10% ethanol, perhaps the government should
> require all new engines to be 10% ethanol ready. I know, more government
> involvement! It's not difficult for the manufacturers to do. In reality,
> the
> manufacturers should take it upon themselves to build ethanol ready
> engines.
> Or use an alternative fuel like propane as Lehr
> http://www.golehr.com/products.shtml does.
>
> > back.  Yep, it was an old one.  Don't remember now if it was rubber or
>
> >  > plastic.  Replaced with modern rubber fuel line.
> > >
> > > Illinois has had ethanol in the gas for at least a dozen years.  We
> grow
> > > the corn here.
> > >
> > > Later, JR
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Durham" <62vair at gmail.com>
> > > To: "Matt Nall" <patiomatt at aol.com>
> > > Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2010 9:40 PM
> > > Subject: Re: <VV> FYI - Ethanol
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > We in Northern Idaho do have a choice, if we want to drive 30 miles, to
> > >> find
> > >> the rare non-ethanol gasoline station, or at least one pump at a
> station
> > >> with straight gas. So, like Matt, we use the ethanol laced mix
> ourselves
> > >> with no ill effects. I own semi new and old. Mark Durham
> > >>
> > >> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 6:46 PM, Matt Nall <patiomatt at aol.com> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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