Yep!

On 12/26/2012 10:34 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote:
> '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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