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Old 04-21-2012, 03:53 PM
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Default RE: I live in a country where I can't get Methanol, any ideas for how to run a glow engine!

I kind of forgot about this thread, but read somewhere about a guy having problems with running Ethanol, until he covered the fins on the motor with cardboard to keep the heat up.  It was running much cooler than with methanol as checked with a IR thermometer or whatever they are called.  He runs it exclusively now, I presume because of the prices where he lives.  Here the methanol isn't too bad.  It wouldn't be a big deal to cover the fins , after all, the fuel is mixed already, and the buggies have giant heatsinks that could be causing the problem.