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				 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:34 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				It's pretty dry here in Austin.  Hardly ever over 90% humidity.
 
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				 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:35 am    Post subject: Re: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Here is a site I hope catches on.  I understand boats use these also.  I am lucky to have a couple of stations that sell pure premium nearby.  I just used the sight to find a station near the Arlington Airshow to find fuel. 
 
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				 Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 5:37 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				NOBODY in their right mind would endorse what I'm doing.  But, think of all 
 you guys can talk about if I crash. ;>)  After all I do fly an 
 "Experimental".
 
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		Float Flyr
 
  
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				 Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:52 pm    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				I'm all in favour of experimenting when it's done safely.  What you have
 going for you is the fact that boaters have been doing this for years and
 you are doing your own experimentation in little steps.  I don't think you
 will have any problems.  Other than the fact you will be throwing away 10%
 of your fuel...maybe.
 
 Speaking about disposing of the ethanol water mix.  If you are going to sell
 it as fuel you will need to remove the water from it.  This is done by
 distilling.  I think to 180F...  Been a long time since I studied that in
 high school.  I do remember there is a big break where the ethanol stops
 running from the still before distilled water starts to run.  If you have a
 candy thermometer in your mash ( the stuff your're distiooing you will see
 at a specific point the alcohol will stop flowing and then somewhere just
 below 212F you will see water flow.  
 
 Just thinking out loud here but if you have one of those flex fuel vehicles
 which are specifically tuned to run E 85 then you can always put your
 distilled hooch in the new bucket of bolts.  Sorry to say they put something
 into the ethanol so you can't distill it to make some fine bourbon or the
 like.
 
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				 Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2010 2:09 pm    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				True 10% Ethanol won't hurt the 912 (in the TBO).  However there are other
 considerations to take into mind; the material the tanks and lines are made
 of are a couple.  There are others that I don't want to get into here.
 
 Sorry guys but I think booze should be kept at the bar and used only after
 there is weight on wheels.... or floats as the case may be.  I know many of
 us have to, or feel they have to fly on ethanol lace fuel.  If you are one
 of those people then try to do so as safely as possible.
 
 Never leave fuel in your plane for extended periods of time.  After a flight
 drain the fuel into your car so you will always have the freshest fuel
 available in your plane.  Keep a look out for fuel discolouration.  Always
 keep up on you emergency procedures ( that should be done anyway).
 
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:12 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Sounds to me you are doing things the right way... if you have to fly on ethanol fuel.  Personally I’m not at all fussy about having a “filter” in front of a fuel pump.    
    
 I also have a little beef with the word “resistant” No one has been able to give me any definition for it in this context.  Changing the tubes every year sounds like a great idea.  
    
 In my local there are plenty of places to put a float plane down but there are also very few places to do forced approaches once you leave highway system.  For that reason I wouldn’t feel right flying with hooch in my gas.  Luckily for me we don’t grow corn here so there are no distilleries here that means for the next two years there will be no gasohol either.  Our prime minister has passed a federal law requiring all service stations to sell at least 10% ethanol fuel in all pumps by the end of 2010.  I have no idea how he is planning on getting the stuff here.  Two years ago an oil company tried shipping ethanol laced fuel here... it ended up with having to rebuild the ship.  I expect that if the really want ot try it here they will have to employ road trains... oops they’re not legal in Canada and local truckers refuse to carry ethanol fuel.  
    
 Noel  
        
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 I've been flying a Rotax 503 for 10 years now, using 10% ethanol gasoline with no problems. I have a Polyproplene fuel  tank. Aircraft Spruce sel'ls the 'Blue' fuel line that is Alcohol resistant. I change these lines every year along with the fuel filter.Cheap insurance.  I fly between 25 to 50hr a year.  I also had an authorized  Rotax mechanic tear the engine down to inspect the entire engine and to replace ALL organic materials in the engine, Carbs and fuel filter with alcohol resistant materials. 500hrs and no issues. I also syphon out all the fuel if it sits in the tank for more than two weeks. Syphoning out the tank allows all the small particles in the bottom of the tank to be drawn out.     
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:28 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				True government makes votes in farm country producing ethanol.  Oil companies then add their profit to the ethanol they have to buy and they are happy.  Too bad the end user has been sold a bill of goods on ethanol.  The bill of goods is it is cheap to produce, there is lots to have, it is clean to burn and of course it’s good for the economy.  On the last item when being burnt ethanol gives off less hydrocarbons than gasoline or diesel fuel per gallon used but if you add the close to four gallons of diesel fuel burned to create one gallon of ethanol fuel then it is a lot dirtier.  
    
 Some day the leaders of our respective countries will wake up and say, “this is wrong”, and something will be done about it.   
    
 The only way that will happen is if the rank and file citizens of our countries put the pressure on the feds to cut the subsidies on ethanol production and change them to subsidies on food production.  
    
 Noel  
      
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 Doesn't have to make sense, Noel. The government and oil   companies are involved.   
       
     
       
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 Model   2 582-90 C-Box 3:1 w/clutch   
       
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    From: Noel Loveys <noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca>
    Subject: RE: Removing ethanol from gasoline
    To: kitfox-list(at)matronics.com
    Date: Thursday, July 8, 2010, 4:26 PM         
 How’s that...  Ethanol is added to the gas as   it leaves the distributor...  It doesn’t have to be separated... Just   not added in the first place.  The ethanol in fact costs more than 4   times the cost of the gas to grow and process.  That means that gas not   contaminated with ethanol should be considerably cheaper.   
    
     
    
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 NOW I understand why ethanol-free gas costs so much more at the     pump!       
           
       
           
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      From: Pete Christensen <pchristensen10(at)austin.rr.com>
      Subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline
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      Here is my experience with removing ethanol from gasoline.
      
      In the North Austin, Texas area I have found no source for gasoline without     ethanol. The nearest I have found is more than an hours drive away without     any nearby airport. I could load up my van with 5-gallon cans, but buying     the cans and the cost of time and fuel for my van would make that     difficult.
      
      I have read everything I can on the subject on the Internet and have     corresponded with a few of you online.
      
      Here is what I came up with. Last week I bought a 6-1/2 gallon carboy used     for making beer. I put 1 quart of water in the carboy and marked a line at the     top of the water. I then poured 5-1/2 gallons of high-test gasohol into the     jug. The pouring action stimulates the ethanol to begin separation from the     mix. After awhile the water-ethanol has separated from the mix and I mark a     new line that indicates the new level of the bottom of cleaned gasoline. I     use a siphon to siphon the cleaned gasoline off the top of the     water/ethanol leaving a gallon or so of good gas to avoid siphoning up any     water. (Note I do NOT pour the out this gas/water/alcohol from the jug.) I     can continue pouring gasohol into the carboy and the process starts all     over again. After a gallon or two of water/ethanol builds up, I siphon the     water/ethanol from the bottom of the jug and add a little more water.
      
      I pour this cleaned gas into my plane through a Mr. Funnel Fuel Filter     Funnel, which is supposed to remove any remaining water. (I found no     detectable water in the filter after pouring 10 gallons)
      
      I have run this so far about 50/50 with avgas I had in my tank.
      
      I have only flown the one time a couple days ago for more than an hour with     no problems. Time will tell if problems develop.
      
      I am NOT endorsing this process for others but only describing what I am     doing.
      
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:28 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Alky resistant hose is defined as automotive hose SAE R7 or R9.
   Use the stuff and forget about changing hose 
 for many many years just like the auto people do.
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:33 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				If you are using ethanol fuel and find any water in the fuel you are in big
 trouble.  To an extent the ethanol in the fuel absorbs any water there but
 once a saturation point is reached a process called phase separation will
 occur. If that happens in your tank the engine will stop.  There is no way
 for you to tell exactly how much moisture ( water) is in your fuel at any
 time so the best thing to do is only to fly on the freshest fuel you can get
 and never leave ethanol laced fuel in your plane for long periods of time.
 
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 8:41 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Like everyone else I was worried about ethanol fuel coming here so I had a
 long conversation with a friend of mine who at that time operated a large
 commercial laboratory.  He actually did experiments for me and told me the
 process was safe if I was sure to leave the washed gas for at least twenty
 minutes  before trying to siphon the gas off.  He also told me that most gas
 without octane boosters was just below 87 RON.  I also asked him to test a
 few commercial octane boosters available in the local area. None of them did
 anything to increase the temperatures of the flash tests he performed.
 
 A good question is where did he get the E-10 to test?  He made it using
 laboratory quality ethanol.
 
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				I wonder if it will also handle avgas?   Larry
 
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				 Posted: Sun Jul 11, 2010 10:53 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Yes, SAE 30R7 is what I have been using on my plane for a few years,  
 and I use 100LL exclusively. I have changed some of it just because I  
 had the lines off to service a filter or increase the size of a line,  
 or some other reason, and it still looks good, feels flexible, etc.,  
 but while I had it off, I changed it, unless is was under a year old.  
 I haven't found it to get hard.
 
 Lynn Matteson
 Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
 Jabiru 2200, #2062, 1006.3 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
 Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
 Electroair direct-fire ignition system
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 Status: flying...1000 hrs. plus...
 
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				Thanks Lynn,
   That is a great piece of info. I am going to change mine also because of 
 age and was trying to find a good hose for all applications.   Larry
 
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				 Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 6:43 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Some guys want to be able to see the fuel in their lines and the automotive hoses don't allow that.  Personally I agree with you.
 
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				 Posted: Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:24 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Paul- If I were flying an automobile, I;d buy those hoses and keep them for years.  2 bucks a foot to change hoses ever year or two is very cheap insurance. I haven't yet found a curb to pull up next to on the skyway if Ihave a problem. I use the old Motorcycle adage, "if you got a cheap head-buy a cheap helmet".-Tom 
 
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				 Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 6:25 am    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Just because you don’t change the hose every year doesn’t mean they don’t get inspected every 25 hours or so of flight.  Why is it certified planes don’t use clear tubes?  I agree with clear tubing in some cases like the impulse line a clear tube will show you if oil is getting up behind the pump... it will also let you see if there is any perforation in the diaphragm.  I have it on my plane but mostly just because it was there and it’s still not hard.  Actually I only have tubing between aluminium tubes and in the engine compartment from the pump to the carbs.  
    
 Noel  
        
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 Paul- If I were flying an automobile, I;d buy those hoses and keep them for years.  2 bucks a foot to change hoses ever year or two is very cheap insurance. I haven't yet found a curb to pull up next to on the skyway if I have a problem. I use the old Motorcycle adage, "if you got a cheap head-buy a cheap helmet".-Tom  
 
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  Joined: 09 Jul 2007 Posts: 62 Location: Locust Grove, GA USA
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				 Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:04 pm    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				I've been beating myself up trying to locate  ethanol-free auto fuel and found there were several providers close enough for  me to take a drive to buy some.  I'm sure most of you have seen this site  before, but it is new to me.  Please add to it for new locations of  ethanol-free fuel in case others are looking too.
   
  http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp
   
  Paul Morel
  912 Speedster
  Locust Grove, GA
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				 Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 4:52 pm    Post subject: Removing ethanol from gasoline | 
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				Paul,
 
 Most folks only need to find ethanol free gas in their area.
 
 I take my Kitfox all over the country and really appreciate this web
 listing ethanol free gas sites by state.
 
 Good Show. THANKS
 
 BJ
 N154KGood
 
 BJ
 N154K
 
 do not archive
 This is a fab web site on ethanol free gas!
 
  	  | Quote: | 	 		   I've been beating myself up trying to locate ethanol-free auto fuel and
  found there were several providers close enough for me to take a drive to
  buy some.  I'm sure most of you have seen this site before, but it is new
  to me.  Please add to it for new locations of ethanol-free fuel in case
  others are looking too.
 
  http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp
 
  Paul Morel
  912 Speedster
  Locust Grove, GA
 
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