Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller From: rmiller@ccvaxa.UUCP Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: Re: methanol question - (nf) Message-ID: <5286@uiucdcs.UUCP> Date: Tue, 31-Jan-84 22:56:01 EST Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.5286 Posted: Tue Jan 31 22:56:01 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Feb-84 08:40:06 EST Lines: 19 #R:pyuxnn:-20200:ccvaxa:4900022:000:673 ccvaxa!rmiller Jan 26 09:01:00 1984 three points to remember: the extra water picked up by methanol is VERY bad for injectors, they can wear much more quickly with methanol. the alcohol will dissolve all the junk off the walls of any fuel tank it sits in (including the underground station tanks) so that you can totally screw up your fuel system if it is switched to methanol after long use with straight gasoline. (never use gas from a station that switched to methanol within a few days to a week of when you need it unless they also put in new storage tanks!) Rx-7's should NEVER use methanol (nor should any other wankel powered car). the methanol will destroy the apex seals. uiucdcs!ccvaxa!rmiller