Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site sunybcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!ugzannin From: ugzannin@sunybcs.UUCP (Adrian Zannin) Newsgroups: net.auto.tech Subject: Re: Sunoco Gas,... Warning Message-ID: <2957@sunybcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 14:25:47 EST Article-I.D.: sunybcs.2957 Posted: Thu Mar 20 14:25:47 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Mar-86 04:23:36 EST References: <1393@fisher.UUCP> <1062@vrdxhq.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science Lines: 24 Keywords: Alcohol Summary: alcohol in gas ==> carburator problems [discussion of gas alcohol in gas] . . . etc. Please also be advised that alcohol *in any form*, that means as an octane booster, gas line antifreeze, etc., plays havoc with the rubber diaphragms in your carburator. Alcohol has the effect of drying out rubber, so therefore your diaphragms in the carburator become very stiff and do not do what they are supposed to (as part of a pump/regulator assembly for example). This means early carburator replacement/rebuild time. If you don't believe me, find someone that uses alot of gas line antifreeze and offer to rebuild their carburator...the diaphragms will be like typing paper almost... -- Adrian Zannin SUNY at Buffalo Computer Science ..{bbncca,decvax,dual,rocksvax,watmath,sbcs}!sunybcs!ugzannin CSNET: ugzannin@Buffalo.CSNET ARPANET: ugzannin%Buffalo@csnet-relay.ARPA BITNET: ugzannin@sunybcs.BITNET