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Old 10-30-2013, 02:45 PM   #41
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Adding ethanol to gas is like watering down your beer when you buy a gallon of gas you want a gallon of gas.
Ethanol is alcohol.....more like watering down your alcohol with gasoline
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Old 10-30-2013, 03:33 PM   #42
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Well,almost Halloween so here is something SCARY! https://www.google.com/search?q=etha...iw=994&bih=612
Not going to argue as to whether ethanol does the damage pictured, but I've taken apart many a carburetor and have seen the same corrosion. Pretty sure none of them were in service recently.
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Old 10-30-2013, 10:05 PM   #43
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Ethanol is alcohol.....more like watering down your alcohol with gasoline
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You have that backwards. A gallon of alcohol does not have the energy that a gallon of gasoline has.
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