[DeTomaso] Ethanol

[michael@michaelshortt.com]

None of these places are on Long Island????

http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NY

Michael Shortt
On Aug 10, 2013 12:42 PM, "Boyd Casey" <boyd411 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Unfortunately it appears as though it is impossible to find (buy) gasoline
> that does not contain ethanol on Long Island. It appears that even though
> it is a known fact that ethanol damages certain (older and or 2 cycle
> internal combustion engines). I know there are many of our members that are
> expert in engineering and even some involved in the oil business. Can any
> of you tell me if there is anything I can do to protect my engine and fuel
> system from the damage done by ethanol? The potential for ethanol to damage
> engines first came to my attention when I was shopping for some lawn
> equipment that was powered by 2 cycle engines. I noticed an area of
> unusually small print which immediately attracted my attention. It was a
> disclaimer that stated that using gasoline that contained ethanol would
> void the warranty of the device I was considering buying. This prompted me
> to do more research and I found numerous articles that spoke about the
> damage ethanol would do to engines and fuel delivery and storage systems
> that were not designed specifically for use with fuels containing ethanol.
> Then I started to search for a source for gasoline in New York State that
> did not contain ethanol, I found one source but it was race gas and is over
> $10.00 per gallon.
> I found Avgas but you can't pump it into a car for road use which means you
> have the added expense and difficulties (as well as the danger of storing a
> 50 gallon drum of high octane gasoline).
> So what can I do to minimize the  deleterious effects of gas containing
> ethanol.
> Thanks,
> Boyd
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