Re: [ihc] RE: Caligasification

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

That's amazing about CA gas.  That just isn't true
about the gas in Missouri.  All of our pumps state
that there is alchol in the gas, can't remember if it
is methanol or ethanol.  I haven't seem varnish or gum
since fuel injection took over.  

Up until last fall I always bought premium.  My old
Aerostar had a tendency to knock so I fed it premium. 
Ran fine when I got rid of it at 220,000 miles.  Body
was junked though.

Steve

Steve
--- Jim Grammer <jgrammer@domain.elided> wrote:

> >Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 18:26:42 -0700
> >From: John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>
> >Subject: Re: [ihc] Octane selection
> 
> >On Aug 16, 2004, at 11:51 AM, Steven Stegmann
> wrote:
> 
> >> John,
> >>
> >> I keep hearing that gas won't keep but practice
> just
> >> doesn't bear it out.  Today's gasoline is so much
> >> cleaner that the gunk we used to get...
> 
> >Well, Steve, that may be gasoline in Missouri, or
> even in Maryland, but
> >that is not gas in California. Our gas starts to
> smell bad in a mower
> >tank in a couple of weeks, and if left in the mower
> carb, it will gum
> >it up to the point of requiring disassembly in
> order to get the mower
> >back to running again.
> 
> >Gas in a small gas can gets a bad smell, turns
> color, and deposits gum
> >on the inner walls of the can. Personally, I use a
> lot of Stabil gas
> >stabilizer because it's not always convenient to
> empty everything
> >before we leave for the winter.
> 
> Hofs is absolutely right. Winter gas is worse than
> summer gas, but it all
> sucks in CA. Makes a carb need a rebuild annually
> without fail, even in a
> regularly driven vehicle. It'll be interesting to
> see if our new ethanol
> substitute for MTBE gives any different long term
> results, but I'm not
> holding my breath.
> 
> Interestingly, the varnish is slow to dissolve in
> Berryman's carb dip, but
> spray brake cleaner cuts right through it.
> 
> Old gasoline is for starting BBQ fires, at least
> that's what I use to fire
> the IH-BQ. Very impressive initial flare, I keep
> expecting CDF to come
> across the highway to investigate :)
> 
> Jim