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To: redfreedom

“Like ethanol, a huge waste of money.”

Also, the damage to our car engines can be severe.

My wife had a 67 Camaro V8 for decades that got about 20 miles per gallon and was a great vehicle.

When we got ethanol shoved on us, a friend who owned a private car repair/tune up shop informed us that her engine would be lucky to last 4-6 months with the ethanol bs.

4 months later the engine basically caved in on itself.

We replaced it with a Californicator approved V8, which got about 12 miles per gallon with the gasohol bs.

We were lucky it didn’t catch on fire and set our carport and house on fire like many older vehicles did with gasohol in the first few weeks.


27 posted on 11/19/2015 11:13:28 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump/Palin 2016. Cruz Attorney General 2017. Bolton SoS 2017. Watch liberal & GOPe heads implode!)
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To: Grampa Dave

Ethanol is murdersome on small engines carburetors too. We have too many to mention from lawn mowers to log splinter.

I finally figured out how to beat it: Add a additive that’s designed to reduce ethanol damage, add gasoline preservative.

And, the big one, mix the gas with 2 cycle motor oil, just like you would for a 2 cycle engine. Do this for all engines, regardless if they are 2 or 4 cycle.

We have two diesel tractors. With the new fuels they became very hard starting. Then one ruined an injector, which was hundreds of dollars to fix. The mechanic said newer fuels do not have the lubrication quality of older. He said mix 2 cycle oil. I did, now they start easier and seem to have more power.

What I’m doing in both cases is providing more lubrication for the fuel system and valves.

It’s a pain to do all this mixing, it costs money to do it. But in the long run it saves engine damage.

It’s an example of a government with too much power mandating things on the population so some group can get rich and/or have more power.

We have the government our founding fathers warned us about.


28 posted on 11/19/2015 11:28:00 AM PST by redfreedom (Voting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil.)
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