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1. [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: John Macartney <flywheelcoventry1@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:08:20 +0100 (BST); Fellow Listers I rarely post now as I no longer own any Triumphs as where I live was built before the days of the car, hence no garage space. That to one side, I've noticed of late that the FBHVC (Fe; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00051.html (10,269 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: Jonas Payne <jagmog@hotmail.com>; Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:26:37 -0700; Out here in the desert, all I can say is that ethanol blends are not working. Modern cars utilize closed pressurized fuel systems. Our vintage cars do not. On hot days (and there are a lot of them in; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00052.html (9,359 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: Bob Labuz <yellowtr@adelphia.net>; Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:01:36 -0400; I meant to send this to the list in addition to John. ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00053.html (9,519 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: WBEECH <wbeech@flash.net>; Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 11:31:43 -0500; We have three stations in town, Abilene, Texas, that still provide ethanol-free petrol. I stop there whenever I can, but not exclusively. It's been 5300 miles since the rebuild and adding hardened se; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00056.html (10,724 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: Chip19474@aol.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 13:16:26 -0400 (EDT); John, I can't blame ethanol gas to be certain but it does seem odd that I had to replace the fuel filter on my TR6 twice during the past 8 years (motor stopped running). Upon examination of the filte; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00058.html (11,686 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: Dave1massey@cs.com; Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 15:13:19 -0400 (EDT); Greetings; There is a lot of gossip around this topic but I also think there is a lot of guilt by association, as well. There are a couple of symptoms that come with plausible explanations. One is th; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00059.html (10,161 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: ptegler@verizon.net; Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 14:21:39 -0500 (CDT); ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00060.html (8,238 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: John Macartney <flywheelcoventry1@yahoo.co.uk>; Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 10:05:21 +0100 (BST); Thanks for your thoughts guys, on and off-list. Seems the prime concern is premature degradation of rubber and neoprene components in the fuel system. We had that in the UK in 2000 when unleaded beca; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00064.html (8,755 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 05:02:58 -0700; Which also only needs to be done once. I would suggest just doing those things as a pre-emptive strike; rather than waiting for a failure. I thought I had done exactly that with my recently resurrec; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00066.html (9,632 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 05:21:32 -0700; FWIW, one of Joe's carb heat shields helped a lot with that problem in my TR3. But I don't think it is the ethanol itself causing the problem, but rather the nation-wide vapor pressure specification; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00067.html (9,979 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: "TeriAnn J. Wakeman" <tjwakeman@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:08:29 -0700; Cars: 1961 TR3 & 1960 Land Rover Both had locally sourced rubber fuel lines. After the switchover to ethanol blend petrol both vehicle suffered from the fuel lines disintegrating. It took a months of; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00068.html (9,637 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: "Andrew Uprichard" <auprichard@uprichard.net>; Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:26:10 -0400; The boot ? boot ? Randall - all this British car talk is having an effect on you. What's next? To-mah-toe ? :-) Andrew Which also only needs to be done once. I would suggest just doing those things a; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00069.html (10,183 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] Ethanol (score: 1): Author: Darrell Walker <darrellw360@mac.com>; Date: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 06:35:23 -0700; ** triumphs@autox.team.net ** Archive: http://www.team.net/archive; /html/triumphs/2013-06/msg00070.html (8,450 bytes)

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