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In this Discussion
- bull islander September 2011
- GrimGreaser September 2011
- Hudzilla September 2011
- Kevin C. September 2011
- Old Fogey UK September 2011
- RonS September 2011
- Terraplane33 September 2011
- tigermoth September 2011
- walts garage-53 September 2011
Checking Ethanol rumor
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On my 54 Hornet I am running a rubber fuel line from the fuel pump up to the intake manifold. I do have a filter about midway betwen the pump and the intake. At a Show N' Shine recently a passerby commented that Ethanol slowly disintegrates rubber and the resulting residue will eventually muck up the carbs.
I had never heard this before. Any comments on this?
Doug -
If its fairly old, it wouldn't hurt to buy some new fuel line. Anything you buy now marked 'fuel line' should withstand the usual 10% ethanol blend. If your area has a stronger blend, i don't know, might want to keep an eye on it.`Six in a row makes it GO!
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Doug, The passerby aty your local car show was right. Alcohol in the gas is not good for Hudsons. I recently had to rebuild a carb and a fuel pump due to the use of this stuff in my car. Get ethanol neutralizers from an auto parts store ,it's worth it. The tell tale signs in the carb is the white powder residue in the fuel bowl. Rubber will turn gooey. This current fuel is garbage.
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What is the name of the product that neutralizes ethonol? Ron
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Ron and Doug, The name of the best stuff to get is PRI-G. Google it to find where you can get it . They also make a product for diesel called PRI-D.
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from my little ethanol expérience, it was creating relevant rust at the tanke inlet very quickly (only 1 fill) so we may guess about the inside of the tank...
(test done on a Mercedes 1987)Location : France -
Here's a link to an article in a recent (last month) HVA newsletter.
http://www.historicvehicle.org/Latest-News/Current-news/2011/08/24/Kernel-Knowledge-One-man-on-a-mission -
definitely not a rumor. if you do not replace your rubber fuel lines every 3 years you will have lines that inflate like balloons. ethanol eats them up. regards, tom
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This is scary. Not much is coming out into the open about this over in the UK.
We have a government riddled with tax-greedy ecofascists, so it isn't surprising. -
Old Fogey UK wrote:We have a government riddled with tax-greedy ecofascists, so it isn't surprising.
We have the same problem here in the States and that's because it is being taught in the schools along with "political correctness" and "class warfare"!:pinch:
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Kevin C. wrote:Old Fogey UK wrote:We have a government riddled with tax-greedy ecofascists, so it isn't surprising.
We have the same problem here in the States and that's because it is being taught in the schools along with "political correctness" and "class warfare"!:pinch:
Kevin C.
Sad to hear that in the US you're going the same way as that sinking ship "S.S. Great Britain".
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Hi, I'm Walt the Hudson man, and I have no problems using 10 alcohol gas as I drive across the US every year and have to buy the 10 per cent gas. I've made 11 trips so far, 138,000 miles and have never had any gas problems in my 1953 Hudson Hornet Club Coupe. All it takes to not have problems, keep STA-BIL in your gas tank. I still have the same neoprene gas lines from day one. The problems with most cars are caused by not being driven, as todays gas dries out and turns to VARNISH. STA-BIL cures that problem. Walt.
