On Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:15:49 -0500, "Blueskies"
wrote:


How do you test the fuel you are buying? I would be very wary of any auto fuel. I have the auto fuel STC for the c-172,
but I have not been able to find any fuel in the last year or so that is not contaminated with alcohol here in MI.

There is no federal requirement anymore to label pumps that dispense alcohol contaminated gasoline. Are you saying that
Iowa has a specific law that does require this label?

I do the gas plus water test. You can read about it he

http://www.autofuelstc.com/autofuels...hanoltest.html

I do not know about a federal law for labeling pumps. I do know that
some Iowa legislators wanted to pass a bill to pull the labels off of
retail pumps so that people would not know what they are buying. Here
a gallon of regular gas is about 2.05, and a gallon of blended (10%)
fuel is around 1.99. So those who do not care about the cost in
dollars pre mile often buy the cheaper stuff. But they then get less
miles per gallon, and it ends up costing them more. Ethanol blended
fuel get tax subsidies to the tune of close to 50 cents a gallon. It
would never compete in the market without that funding.


Zenith CH-300 Driver.