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<blockquote data-quote="altfuel1991" data-source="post: 605049" data-attributes="member: 1211"><p>Anyone that is considering running anything above E10(10%alcohol) in their fuel system needs to research your components and verify they are suitable for higher percentages of alcohol. The reason alcohol is not good is that it can eat some forms of plastic, brass and aluminum. It also dries out rubber components. You cannot leave alcohol in a fuel system if the vehicle is to be stored. Several years back there were a couple of instances where gasoline with higher contents of alcohol were distributed in central Florida. That fuel got put in vehicles not equipped to handle it and the results were a lot of vehicles on the side of the Interstate highway after about 20 miles. I helped out with a blown pro mod drag car a few years back and they had to change the oil after each run due to the alcohol contamination caused by the blow-by. I had to have a company build a Quadrajet for my 85 Riviera so it would tolerate the E10 gas. It began to leak and pour gas through the engine due to the alcohol dissolving the seals and attacking the float.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="altfuel1991, post: 605049, member: 1211"] Anyone that is considering running anything above E10(10%alcohol) in their fuel system needs to research your components and verify they are suitable for higher percentages of alcohol. The reason alcohol is not good is that it can eat some forms of plastic, brass and aluminum. It also dries out rubber components. You cannot leave alcohol in a fuel system if the vehicle is to be stored. Several years back there were a couple of instances where gasoline with higher contents of alcohol were distributed in central Florida. That fuel got put in vehicles not equipped to handle it and the results were a lot of vehicles on the side of the Interstate highway after about 20 miles. I helped out with a blown pro mod drag car a few years back and they had to change the oil after each run due to the alcohol contamination caused by the blow-by. I had to have a company build a Quadrajet for my 85 Riviera so it would tolerate the E10 gas. It began to leak and pour gas through the engine due to the alcohol dissolving the seals and attacking the float. [/QUOTE]
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