You'd think Ireland would be an ideal place to find alcohol for fuel. : )

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "Niall Mac Caughey" <nmacc@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 2:42 PM
Subject: Re: E85 & fuel pumps

> Jeffrey Schwaia wrote:
>
>>The only way I would consider switching to ethanol is if I decided to brew
>>my own.  Not terribly difficult and it seems that costs generally run in
>>the .75 to 1.25 per gallon range (after the cost of the still).  Not
>>bad...
>
>  Don't forget there are some other costs to be considered Jeff.  All
> distilleries have to allow for a percentage of shrinkage due to the
> volatility of the product; in this case it might prove to be "drinkage",
> especially if the refrigerator is making ice.
>
>  John Bange was very helpful on the subject of E85.  I'd love to try it
> out, unfortunately it would be a little inconvenient at this time, as here
> in Ireland there is exactly one pump in the entire country that dispenses
> E85.
>
>  John did mention the fuel pump however, which raises a question: what is
> the operating pressure of the pump?  I ask because my pump is groaning and
> I'd like to have a spare on board before our summer trip to France.
>
>  A replacement Bosch pump from my local VW parts guy is more than twice
> the price of the more common (also Bosch) unit fitted to the contemporary
> Golfs.  The parts guy is generally very knowledgeable on VW parts, but in
> this case he didn't know the answer, but guessed the pressure from the
> Golf pump would be wrong.
>
>  I'm sure someone on the list knows the right answer :-)
>
>  Thanks,
>
>  Niall