Campgems

I just saw a news article that a 15 %ethanolgasoline was going to be sold. I'm wondering what percent would be need for it to work with a glow plug? Of course, you would have to figure in the oil and that would reduce the % of Ethanol. 20% nitro glow fuel is 65% ethanol So I'm guessing that a lower % ethanol would probably ignite OK. Just a curious thought.

Don

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E85? [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6479059/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm]http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6479059/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm[/link]

noveldoc

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Model fuel is methanol.

Tom

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Actually there is 0% ethanol in glow fuel. Our little engines run on methanol based fuel. Big difference here.

Campgems

Great link. It'l keep me busy for a couple hours. Ihad forgoten about the E85 blend. You don't see that very often here in Ca. I was back in Mich this spring and saw a couple stations that sold it. It was close to a buck a gallon cheaper than the regular gas, and you have to have a "FlexFuel" car to use it. I saw a news report on a station in Ventura that was now selling the E85, but that's a 200 mile round trip. Not much savings in that.

More Google work to do.

Don

Campgems

HUmmm Right you are. SO, based on the experiments done in the old thread on E85 gas in the earlier post, Glow engines work OKwith E85 Ethanol.According to Morgan Fuel's site they use pure Methanol.

It's turning out that there is no place within a hundred miles of me that sells E85, so Iguess for now. Its back to Omega 15%.

Don