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Subject:Re: alcohol usage
From:Stan Wilder
Date:Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:53:40 -0600

Unless it is very fresh its only good as parts cleaner.
However you can run a 75% x 25% mix just fine, but standard fuel is too
cheap right now (99 cents) to bother with home made cost saving blends.

Stan Wilder

On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:07:50 +0000 Paul Mayfield
<paulmayfield@EARTHLINK.NET> writes:
> I have 55gal of methanol available (free!), just wondering
> if I can mix it with gas without affecting the o-rings
> and other plastic parts.
> Isn't MTBE also a solvent?
>
> I expect less MPG, and less power.
> What are the maximum ratios for drivability ? e.g. 10:1 or 5:1
>
> Paul
>
> '87 westy
>
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