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To: Yosemitest

One thing you might consider is the probability of vapor lock in older vehicles. With the 10% ethanol maybe fixing to go to 15% it will happen.

Fuel pumps will die and older fuel lines begin to check and leak in months.

My old carbed truck now vapor locks if you shut it off for a short period of time and then try to restart it in hot weather.

We (family) just returned from a 2500 mile round trip to Steamboat Springs Colorado (Mustang show) in a ‘68 Mustang with an EFI 5.0 and had vapor lock in external electric fuel pumps going up high passes. Others had the same problem. Now I spend $250-500 parts to put the pump in the tank.

All because the Feral govt wants ethanol


67 posted on 06/24/2012 3:01:19 PM PDT by Clay Moore (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: Clay Moore
Mississippi voted on the last ballot not to require ethanol in fuel and it passed.
The pure fuel is about 30 cents more a gallon.
70 posted on 06/25/2012 4:53:27 AM PDT by Yosemitest (It's simple, fight or die!)
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