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

[Keith Park]

Things can be adjusted for E10, E15... No way.
I have gotten bad tanks on occasion, but that is rare.
Stick with the major brands and your pretty good.  There is a difference
In winter and summer blends.

Keith
 


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From: type3-vwtype3.org [mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org]
On Behalf Of William J
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2017 1:11 PM
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Why is it that when I got my 73 SB
Ineverhadtoturnthekeysevera...

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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