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From: warren@ihwpt.UUCP (warren montgomery)
Newsgroups: net.auto.tech
Subject: Fuel composition
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Date: Fri, 3-Jan-86 09:00:11 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  3 09:00:11 1986
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A while back I posted a message asking if there was any reliable way
to determine the alcohol content of various brands of gas, with no
response (It may have been our mail or news systems fault).  I have
2 cars, neither of which much likes high alcohol gas.  I have heard
that the reduction in the amount of lead allowed in leaded gas will
cause an increase in alcohol in both leaded and unleaded fuel.
I just read a wonderfully unhelpful public service message from GM
in some publication on this indicating that it's a potential
problem, and owners should be aware of what is in the gas they are
putting in the tank.  The people at the stations around here don't
know what's in it, they just ring it up.  Is there any reliable
source of information on the composition of brand name gas?  (I know
that the el-cheapo distributors aren't at all consistent)

I want to do the best I can to keep my cars on the wagon before they
develop cirrhosis of the cylinder head!

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Warren Montgomery,  ihesa!warren