[Spridgets] ethanol

[Jim Johnson]

Kevin,

That is the same stuff all our antique and vintage BMW bike people are going
to. I have it on all 3 of mine now and no more problems with the fuel
lines....  except for the submersible stuff in the fuel tank of the 1989
model....

Actually, BMW has been using that fuel line on all their bikes since about
1953....

Cheers!!
Jim

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 2:16 PM, Kevin Valentine <kevinv1275 at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Sep 28, 2011, at 1:50 AM, Dean Hedin wrote:
> >
> > The only solid data I have heard about was ethanol's negative
> > impact on
> > certain plastics.  Not rubber.
>
> Dean,
>
> I replaced the fuel hoses on my 71 Midget 3 times in a single year.
> The hose was dissolving away on the inside and blocking up the jets
> in the float bowls as well as blocking the fuel filters.  I didn't
> have this problem when I could buy gas without ethanol added to it.
> The hose was new (modern) hose from NAPA and Advance Auto.  I finally
> replaced all the hose sections with VW braided hose no problems since.
>
>
> Kevin V.
> Tuscarora, Pa
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