On Dec 26, 2012, at 7:48 PM, JRodgers wrote:

> In Alaska it was - and still is I would guess - common practice to
> add a
> bottle of alcohol like HEET or some other brand - to the gas tank on
> fill up in winter to keep ice and water out. Alcohol absorbs the water
> and prevents it from freezing into crystals or a solid which
> interferes
> with fuel flow. Just how much alcohol is acceptable I don't know, but
> Alaskans have been running with alcohol in the fuel for a very long
> time. I don't know how it compares with car engines, but I used to run
> model engines on an alcohol/castor oil mix with just a hint of benzine
> and never had any problems. Those little engines would just run
> forever
> on the stuff.
>
> John

I hear you all, but E15 is a gallon and a half of Heet in ten gallons
of fuel.  I add a pint when I need it. Not 2+ gallons. (And IIRC Heet
is methanol, not ethanol.)

Jim