RCU Forums - View Single Post - Question about Ethonol.
View Single Post
Old 03-21-2005 | 06:41 AM
  #4  
Ross Kean's Avatar
Ross Kean
Senior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2002
Posts: 686
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
From: Fredericton, NB, CANADA
Default RE: Question about Ethonol.

The fuel for your engine is designed to run on Methanol, not Ethanol. Whether or not there is some water present is irrelevant, Ethanol won't work. Although these two alcohols are in the same class of compounds (simple aliphatic alcohols) their chemical behavior is somewhat different. You won't get the appropriate ignition at the glow plug and combustion in the engine will not be sustained.

Ross