

| Subject: | Re: LVC Ethanol Use |
| From: | Karl Wolz |
| Date: | Sat, 31 Aug 2013 09:47:41 -0700 |
I checked the stations in the Phx area; all were performance fuels in the $10/gallon neighborhood. Not really much help. Karl Wolz |-----Original Message----- |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] |On Behalf Of Todd Last |Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 7:12 AM |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM |Subject: Re: LVC Ethanol Use | |Good reason to use: |http://pure-gas.org/ | | | |On 8/31/2013 5:01 AM, David wrote: |> Since there's been some talk on ethanol, I'd like to mention |a recent |> experience. I recently picked up a non-running Passat that |had been sitting for awhile. One of things I had to replace to |get it running was the fuel pump, which is in the tank. When I |pulled the pump, I found that there was no insulation on any |of the wires, except for one piece about two inches long. I |had never seen this before and assumed the insulation was |eaten off because of the ethanol in the gas. Additionally, it |seems my fuel lines on my Vanagon seem to need replacement too often.
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