Posted by
Ikester on Thursday, January 06, 2011 5:30:42 PM
I was at a VW dealer service department recently for some repair when the topic of Ethanol came up. The service writer immediately snapped back that this stuff can cause engine damage by drying out seals etc. in the engine and cause it to start leaking and pulling the moisture out of the oil to cause other damage. I did a bit of research since writing this blog and found an article in Popular Mechanics magazine on this very issue. It seems that Ethanol is already in almost every gallon of gas that we buy today at a 90/10 ratio. It seems that the Ethanol has a tendency to cause condensation in your gas tank and the water can cause your tank to bulge or split and the fuel substitute can gum up your fuel system as well. The article says that this has been an ongoing problem since its introduction into our gas.
This is so typical of government bureaucrats to push something like this on us without concern for the negative effects on consumers. Let's keep eating corn and stop burning it in our gas tanks. Who knows what effects it will have on the environment. It could turn the air 'yellow' after all!!! Ha ha!