From: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!CAD:tektronix!tekid!bentonh
Newsgroups: net.auto
Title: re: premium gasohol
Article-I.D.: tekid.894
Posted: Tue Feb 15 12:23:19 1983
Received: Sun Feb 20 09:03:50 1983



    A comment on Tim Lange's report that Premium Unleaded
is spiked with Ethanol... (net.cycle)

    I've heard (tho' always second or third hand) that alcohol
can ruin rubber parts in fuel-injected engines, and so I've
steered clear of gasohol. If they're selling alcohol and not
telling everyone in foot-tall letters, and if it is ruining
injectors, they must be liable for quite a bit of engine damage.
Tho' if no one knows, they can't very well blame their gas brand.

    Can anyone verify (first hand?) damage to injectors from
alcohol? Also, late model engines have been designed for
un-leaded gas, but older engines built to run leaded still need
to run leaded regularly (tho' not exclusively) to maintain
valve lubrication, right? I know this has all been beat around
a lot, I just want to hear it in so many words from someone
who's had to replace their injectors.

    For what its worth, Union '76 'Super' leaded premium
(92 RON, claimed) is going for $129.9 (one-twenty-nine-point-nine)
in Portland, Oregon. Who else (national brands) sells 92 octane?
Does anyone claim 93? (Without going to aviation grade, or
octane boosters.)

    Benton Holzwarth
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