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ethanol free gas, should I use ethanol free gas for my 1975 914 2.0? |
wd40togo |
Feb 2 2013, 09:10 AM
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 23-December 11 From: Richmond VA Member No.: 13,925 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I have a 1975 914 2.0, should I be using ethanol free gas? It appears to have the orginal metal gas tank.
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Mark Henry |
Feb 3 2013, 10:10 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
OK.
The above method works great. What is needed is a tall thin glass jar with a good lid. Marks will not stay long due to the gas so I took a glass cutter and made my marks. It must be glass or a fuel safe (TPX) clear plastic. I took 1000ml (1 litre or just over 1 quart) mason jar with a lid. Marked it at 100ml, 190ml, 200ml, 240ml and 1000ml. Add 100ml (10%) water then fill to 1000ml with gas. Place lid on and shake well. You see the result immediately, but it wont be accurate till about 5 minutes when it all settles. If you see no change in the water level it is gas only. 190ml and it is E-10, 10% ethanol. 200ml 11% 240ml 15% ethanol, E-15. Now, I don't want to waste that much gas (plus you have to dump it) so I tried a baby food jar. 100ml total Marked at 10ml, 20ml, 25ml and 100ml Same as above, 10ml water fill with gas, >20ml is 10%, >25ml is 15% ethanol. It works, not as accurate and not really practical at a gas station IMO. Still looking around the house for a small, tall, thin, glass bottle with a good lid I dont know if we have E-15 here so it would great if someone would repeat this experiment and post their results. The E-10 result looked dead nuts on. |
ArtechnikA |
Feb 3 2013, 10:18 AM
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rich herzog Group: Members Posts: 7,390 Joined: 4-April 03 From: Salted Roads, PA Member No.: 513 Region Association: None |
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Mark Henry |
Feb 3 2013, 10:24 AM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
Still looking around the house for a small, tall, thin, glass bottle with a good lid Olives typically come in such a container. Additionally, they can serve as flavorant for beverages containing 40-50% ethanol... Still kind of big, I'm looking for a taller, thinner and smaller jar to make the gas sample smaller. I have a salt shaker that would be perfect, but it has holes in the lid. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) You do need a good lid. |
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