Chuck Hill wrote:

>         Regarding ethanol in gasoline:
>
>         I have used fuel containing 10% ethanol in all of my Vanagons for the
> past 10 years and longer with absolutely no problems whatever caused by
> this fuel.  I live in Iowa, the midwest of the USA, and this fuel is
> available at nearly every gas pump, offered at 89 to 90 octane for the
> same price as 87 octane. It is really the highest selling fuel on the
> market here.

This is the advantage of sticking with 87 Octane gas - less ethanol.

> It works great and has advantages.  There is never a
> frozen fuel line when you use this.  The cleaning properties of the
> ethanol keep the tank and fuel lines free from varnish, and cut down
> deposits on fuel injectors and on the cylinder heads, valves, and
> pistons.  There seem to be no bad effects whatsoever.

Propaganda from the grain growers in the mid west.

> Furthermore, it's
> a bio-fuel, a renewable energy source, and can be produced cheaply from
> all sorts of biomass.  We don't have to import it, or defend the
> availability.
>
>         Don't be afraid to use it in your Vanagon.

Not in our Vanagons I won't..
You have to be kidding. Its a FRIDAY thing, right?

>         I should probably state that I am a farmer, and have a vested interest
> in the use of ethanol as a fuel.

-Larry