"Cy Galley" wrote in message
news:FkdUc.307087$JR4.216248@attbi_s54...
The problem isn't the gaskets and o-rings. The real problem is alcohol is
a
weak organic acid and corrodes metals.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Isn't it also true, that alcohol dissolves the lacquers built up in the tank
and fuel system?

Long story short, I got two loads of gasohol (in a row) in a large motor
home, and the many hundreds of gallons of gas that had been run through it,
and the many times where gas had been allowed to sit for long periods of
time, had deposited a large amount of lacquer in the tank. The lacquer was
nicely dissolved, then deposited in the large canister filter, until there
was not enough gas flow to run it at much more than an idle.

It sound like a scenario that could be closely imitated in an airplane.
--
Jim in NC


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