[T3] Why is it that when I got my 73 SB I neverhadtoturnthekeysevera...

[William J]

We have the summer /winter blend here as well . I read doing a search that 
the ethanol is added at the gas stations and it could be more or less 
ethanol and that even the ethanol gas sitting in their tanks takes on water 
and looses it's octane rating. What gas station is going to keep up on how 
long the fuel sits in a tank let alone check how much ethanol and water 
exists. They talk about only going to gas stations that sell a lot of fuel .

 It's really difficult to get info because of so many opinions doing a 
search based on who writes the articals . It affects many very new cars and 
trucks and mostly the older vented systems .

 I know my car ran better before the ethanol and worse as the % increased.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Bobsnotch at aol.com>
To: <type3 at vwtype3.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 13, 2017 11:01 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Why is it that when I got my 73 SB I 
neverhadtoturnthekeysevera...


> In a message dated 8/14/2017 1:14:37 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> catnine09 at dslextreme.com writes:
>
> Well Bob  some make a big deal about ethanol think we still have E-10 
> here.
> You know  who brings up all the issues of what it might do to the fuel
> system
> especially on FI models. From what could find it was not until 2012 we had
> E-10 here yet we've had it since at least 2003 . I never saw any issue
> with
> water and rust yet you see plenty of Videos on You Tube yet each has  a
> product to sell you .
> Oh don't get me wrong, as I've seen what it does to the insides of  carbs,
> and what it does to fuel hoses as well. We've had 10% ethanol here for 30
> years now, so I'm kind of used to it. But if we've had it that long, you 
> guys
> out in California probably had it or something even worse for those first
> 10 or  so years. I haven't really noticed much on FI vehicles, other than
> hoses going  bad. In fact I've got some FI vehicles here that seem to run 
> on
> turpentine (old  gas with ethanol in it). The biggest issue I have with
> today's fuels is  that they loose their vitamins quickly over time. And 
> that
> makes for hard  starting, poor running, and a lack of acceleration. I know
> they've changed how  they blend fuels, because gas from 10 or even 15 
> years ago
> was a better  quality than what we're getting today.And yes, I'm old 
> enough
> to remember tuning  a car by looking at the tail pipe color (something you
> can't do today). But here  in Michigan (and other eastern and some 
> midwestern
> states), we get a summer  blend, and a winter blend. If they can do that
> twice a year, you know they've  been tweeking on it over the years.
> Sorry If I've gone off the deep end, but even Keith will tell you  there 
> is
> a difference in fuels, and it's not just the ethanol they're adding to 
> it.
>
> Bob 65 Notch  w/Factory Sunroof converted to  IRS
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