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Old June 5th 07, 09:08 PM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt,rec.aviation.owning,rec.aviation.piloting
Dan Youngquist
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On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Morgans wrote:

I have seen pictures of fuel line swollen to the size of sausages, and
who knows what the other rubber parts (O-rings, fuel bladders, if you
have them) would look like, and how much alcohol it would take to get it
to swell.


I'm no expert on the matter, but it's my understanding that that sort of
damage is done by methanol, as used in the early gasohol, but not by the
ethanol that's used in more recent times. Is that incorrect?

-Dan