'xactly' ....
that's what HEET is ..an alcohol that will pick up the water in the fuel
so it can get burned in the engine.
Before we had  E 10..
that's how to treat the fuel where water is supsect ..
add some alcohol.
Now the gov does it for us.

On 12/26/2012 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
>
> On 12/26/2012 9:22 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>> I read that "[...] the Environmental Protection Agency has approved a
>> new policy that will allow states to raise the blend to up to 15 percent
>> ethanol (also known as E15), approved for use for cars and light trucks
>> from the model year 2001 and later."
>>
>> There is concern that some older vehicles may be unhappy with the blend.
>>
>> <http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/8mfbvPh1hvQ/story01.htm>
>>
>>
>> Anyone have any idea whatsoever what running E15 might do for our
>> engines?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>> Bend, Ore.
>>
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