My question (this has been bugging me for a

Eric, It's the ethanol that gives the gasoline/ethanol its octane rating. If you remove the ethanol the remaining gas is too low octane to use without damaging engines. On 2/27/13 8:28 PM, Eric Thoman wrote: > My question (this has been bugging me for a > full week) is why not do this with every five gallons of gas that is going > in your dinghy and then run it through a Racor (or your favorite water fuel > separator) and get rid of the water/ethanol mix and leave nice clean gas? > Sounds too easy... > > Eric Thoman > Abyssinia > >

My question (this has been bugging me for a

You might want to do a little more research on this issue. Paul > > Eric, > > It's the ethanol that gives the gasoline/ethanol its octane rating. If > you remove the ethanol the remaining gas is too low octane to use > without damaging engines. > > > > > On 2/27/13 8:28 PM, Eric Thoman wrote: > >> My question (this has been bugging me for a >> full week) is why not do this with every five gallons of gas that is going >> in your dinghy and then run it through a Racor (or your favorite water >> fuel >> separator) and get rid of the water/ethanol mix and leave nice clean gas? >> Sounds too easy... >> >> Eric Thoman >> Abyssinia >> >>

My question (this has been bugging me for a

So how did we ever have any octane before our legislators pandered to the agricultural lobbyists and put this poison in our fuel? Cars don't mind it, but my outboard sure does and I will go a long ways to avoid it. Ask any small engine mechanic what a bonus this fuel has been for their business. Ethanol has less energy than gasoline, so we get poorer mileage on top of all of the other problems. Capt. Jeff on Adirondack On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:30 AM, Paul W. Weakley <pwseapa45@gmail.com>wrote: > You might want to do a little more research on this issue. > Paul > > > > > > > Eric, > > > > It's the ethanol that gives the gasoline/ethanol its octane rating. If > > you remove the ethanol the remaining gas is too low octane to use > > without damaging engines. > > > > > > > > > > On 2/27/13 8:28 PM, Eric Thoman wrote: > > > >> My question (this has been bugging me for a > >> full week) is why not do this with every five gallons of gas that is > going > >> in your dinghy and then run it through a Racor (or your favorite water > >> fuel > >> separator) and get rid of the water/ethanol mix and leave nice clean > gas? > >> Sounds too easy... > >> > >> Eric Thoman > >> Abyssinia > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > > To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options (get password, change > email address, etc) go to: > http://lists.trawlering.com/mailman/listinfo/trawlers_lists.trawlering.com > Trawlers & Trawlering and T&T are trademarks of Water World > Productions. Unauthorized use is prohibited. > -- Messinginboats.com is a way for folks to join us virtually as we cruise through the Bahamas and back up the coast to Lake Champlain on "Adirondack."