<VV> methanol vs. ethanol

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Harry, one reason is that isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol) has about SEVEN  
times the ability of methanol to absorb water and distribute it evenly  
throughout the gasoline which is the purpose of "dry gas".  So it's what I  
always use in preference to methanol especially in cars that end up having  
gasoline sitting in their tanks for long periods of time..
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ
 
 
In a message dated 10/19/2012 10:03:40 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
harrysmith1957 at gmail.com writes:

RE "gas  line antifreeze" or dry gas as it was called. I recall when I was a
teen  working in a gas station on the frozen tundra of Connecticut, we  were
always told use only isopropyl dry gas. Never told why but I still  remember
that.
Harry Smith
1963 Rampside
Coral SPrings,  FL

On Fri, Oct 19, 2012 at 8:39 AM, Lon Anderson  <lonzovair at aol.com> wrote:

>
> Harry,
> You  reference the "gas line anti-freeze"... well, one 12-16 ounce bottle
>  would take care of a 20 gallon tank, whereas 10% ethanol in that same  
tank
> is TWO GALLONS... as with anything from strychnine to  mother-in-laws, in
> extremely small doses it won't hurt ya as  bad.
> ;-)
> Later,
>  Lonzo