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henry.voris
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Location: Pueo Field, Kula, Maui
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 Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Gasohol |
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[quote="Masqqqqqqq(at)aol.com"]In a message dated 4/18/07 2:39:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, henry_voris(at)yahoo.com writes:
| Quote: | | If ya gotta use gasohol install a gascolator so you can catch any problems before they get to your carburetor |
question about that: If it achieves this phase seperation and gets to the gascolator, will the water be visible there? Or is it just something I'd empty and clean on a regular basis.
Further question: does E-85 ethanol, with it's higher ratio of alcohol, get to this phase seperation state sooner, or later, than 10% gasohol?
Thanks.
Richy
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Richy,
Yes, the seperation is easy to see... the ethanol/water is clear and there is a clear boundary between it and the colored fuel floating on top.
In truth if you have a gascolator you should take a squirt into a glass vessel and look at it real good before each days flying, even if there is no ethanol in your fuel..
If there is ethanol in the fuel you should drain your fuel completely (float chamber too) after a day's flying and start the next day with fresh fuel. Gasohol is OK when it's fresh from the refinery, but the longer it waits around in fuel cans waiting to be burned the more water it will contain.
Second question... Yes fuel with 15% ethanol will retain more water than fuel with 10% ethanol. At 70 degrees F. a 15% mix can tolerate .5% (one half of one percent or, 5 parts per thousand) before seperating... A 40% mix will tolerate a full 2% of water.
Again... fuel can be good in all respects (looks good, burns good) on the ground, but as soon as you gain altitude and the temprature drops, all bets are off.
Hope that helps...
Aloha
Henry
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| Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 3:31 pm Post subject: Gasohol |
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At 09:43 AM 4/17/2007, you wrote:
| Quote: | --> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck" <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com>
Possum:
You flying to Lakeland?
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Not this year
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