ORIGINAL: Truckracer
.... and if you do this whole crazy thing, how do you dispose of the alcohol laden water? I can't think of any good way to get rid of the stuff. You have just created hazardous waste material. This whole scheme is just crazy when 10% ethanol really doesn't cause any problems. For every one person that claims to have problems, there must be dozens that use the stuff without problems. Heck, if ethanol producers keep going out of business at the current rate, there won't be enough left to produce the stuff. Oh, I forgot, they can stand in line for a bailout or we can import the stuff.
I'm afraid that you are a little mistaken when you say "10 % Ethanol really doesn't cause any problems". When our state lawmakers decided (with out thinking as usual) to mandate 10% entenol , the first thing that happened was the Coast Guard doubled the number of trouble calls received from the weekend boaters for tows after their engines were stopping mid -ocean. All their fiberglass gas tanks started to fall apart and flaking off and clogging fuel filters stopping the engines. It got so bad the CG ordered the state to allow Marina's to start selling straight gasoline again.
The small engine repair shops were in seventh heaven though, their business doubled and tripled virtually overnight. They never sold some many carburetors before.....classic car clubs petitioned the Governor to be allowed to purchase real gasoline for their cars at the boat yards..their big throat Carbs were losing all the rubber seals.
Walbro is now producing new rebuild kits with alcohol resitent diaphrams.
Sure glad there wasn't any problems.