From <jay_welch at juno.com> If you buy gasoline in Minnesota, you know what you are putting in your tank: 10% ethyl alcohol. MTBE is not used here. Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA 197
Hello Jay Welch and all, "I haven't had the need to repair a TR float yet but if I did I think I would use fiberglass resin. I think you could brush it on in thin coats and it would not change the we
As I understand it, when ethanol was popular in the Northeast as a gasoline additive (gasahol..I used it in the early 80's) it was also suspected of breaking down neoprene and other rubber based part
They don't call it gasohol any more, but 'oxygenate' is required to be added to gasoline in many parts of the US (in spite of evidence that it may add to overall pollution rather than reducing it).
I thought MTBE was being phased out in most, if not all, places because it was finding its way into aquifers. Not so? -- Jim Muller jimmuller@pop.rcn.com '80 Spitfire, '70 GT6+ /// triumphs@autox.tea
I can't speak for most places, California is currently scheduled to stop using it in 2004. However, if Gray Davis gets elected again, he may extend the deadline again. Randall /// triumphs@autox.tea
I guess that's another reason to "know what you're putting in your tank". I'll bet there are plenty of older TRs out there running around with the older technologies as components in their fuel deliv