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Subject:alcohol fuel
From:Paul Mayfield
Date:Fri, 28 Dec 2001 12:58:25 +0000

I experimented with alcohol yesterday.

1 gal of denatured ethanol : 4 gal gas

ran great, no difference in drivabiliy.
emissions numbers were incredibly low  ;-)

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on 12/28/01 3:19 PM, Automatic digest processor at
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM wrote:

> Date:    Fri, 28 Dec 2001 05:48:15 EST
> From:    Tom Stone <TStone8359@AOL.COM>
> Subject: Re: Fuel with water back please
>
> In a message dated 12/27/01 1:30:12 PM Central Standard Time,
> wilden1@JUNO.COM writes:
>
>
>> I was also wondering
>> it my Westy would run on the Coleman Lantern fuel in case I drained off
>> too much.
>>
> For the record, it will run on Coleman fuel.  Saved a long walk for me
> several times in the last 35 years.
>
> Tom
> '71 Westy, '85 Westy, '91 Carat