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Politics : The Environmentalist Thread -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TigerPaw who wrote (10194)3/4/2007 8:08:41 PM
From: maceng2  Respond to of 36921
 
The UK fuel contamination problem was silicon, probably from desiel being stored in the same tanks.

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To: TigerPaw who wrote (10194)3/5/2007 5:11:36 AM
From: Ish  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 36921
 
<<Ethanol can dissolve the tubing used in the fuel lines of some vehicles. This not only can cause fuel leaks, but gums up the the insides of carburetors and fuel injectors.>>

That's mainly vehicles built before 1974 that haven't been up graded. Ethanol has been used to CLEAN gummy carburetors in the past.


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