Underwriters Labs raises questions about E85 pumps (Problems wth ethanol?)

Minneapolis StarTribune (aka The Red Star) ^ | 10/27/06 | Alexei Barrionuevo - NY Times

[MplsSteve]

The farm-produced fuel that is supposed to help wean the United States from its oil addiction is under scrutiny for its potentially corrosive qualities.

E85, a blend of 85 percent corn-based ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, could be eating away at metal and plastic parts in gas station pumps, Underwriters Laboratories, the private product-safety testing group, said this month.

BP, the British oil company, said Thursday that it would delay the expansion of E85 at its U.S. outlets until the laboratories certified an E85 dispensing system.

[Rakkasan1]

I stand corrected. the magazine article was Oct 2006
Metric Roadbike magazine.
it basically said that unless your bike is new and fuel injected, do not use it.

[Rakkasan1]

I stand corrected. the magazine article was Oct 2006
Metric Roadbike magazine.
it basically said that unless your bike is new and fuel injected, do not use it.