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Originally Posted by bart78
Around here you dump leftover fuels and whatever on mesquite trees. They are a bigger problem than polluting the soil.
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Mesquite Trees are a nuisance for you folks down in the southwest because you're trying to inhabit land that can't really support it, but they aren't polluting the soil.
Dumping an ethanol (and whatever) mixture on the ground is straight up polluting.
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Originally Posted by paul2748
...You guy are making mountains out of molehills regarding ethanol. Sure, it may not be the best of fuels, but for the near future you will have it and you should deal with it by fixing your cars so it won't hurt them. This means new gaskets in the carb, new hoses and changing any other rubber parts that are subject to the fuel.
If a new tank is required because you used a liner material that the ethanol eats it, its time for a new tank.
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Bingo.
Ethanol is not the Anti-Christ. Update the materials in your fuel system accordingly, tweak your engine's carb and ignition settings, and live a happy life.
Sure, it may burn a negligible amount of additional fuel, but given the number of miles the average Ford Barner drives his/her car, that's really a moot point. You'll wind up saving money by not having to deal with the outrageously expensive additives, aviation or "racing" fuels, or hokey ethanol removal practices.