On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:39:13 +0000 (UTC), twillmon@cybermesa.net wrote:

>
>
>On 2005-07-09 42CE8018.22BE94DD@sympatico.ca said:
> >Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.jeep+******,rec.autos.tech
> >Mike Romain proclaimed:
>[snip]
>
> >Since Bush Gas, I haven't been able to run Texaco, Chevron, or Shell
> >regular in a 95 4.0 without mild ping. Recently the local Valero
> >station ran out of midgrade, and it seems that their regular will
> >actually run without ping.
>I recently noticed the nearby (40 miles away) Diamond Shamrock (soon
>to be called Valero) pumps have sprouted gasohol stickers. Small-town
>station, no known additive strictures. Seems to run OK, unlike
>Albuquerque wintertime-mandated gasohol, which noticably slows my
>Honda Civic.
>
>Comment?

I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
(Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.

I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.

Dan
>
>Tom Willmon
>near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA
>
>Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Registered

 

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:39:13 +0000 (UTC), twillmon@cybermesa.net wrote:

>
>
>On 2005-07-09 42CE8018.22BE94DD@sympatico.ca said:
> >Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.jeep+******,rec.autos.tech
> >Mike Romain proclaimed:
>[snip]
>
> >Since Bush Gas, I haven't been able to run Texaco, Chevron, or Shell
> >regular in a 95 4.0 without mild ping. Recently the local Valero
> >station ran out of midgrade, and it seems that their regular will
> >actually run without ping.
>I recently noticed the nearby (40 miles away) Diamond Shamrock (soon
>to be called Valero) pumps have sprouted gasohol stickers. Small-town
>station, no known additive strictures. Seems to run OK, unlike
>Albuquerque wintertime-mandated gasohol, which noticably slows my
>Honda Civic.
>
>Comment?

I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
(Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.

I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.

Dan
>
>Tom Willmon
>near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA
>
>Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Registered

 

On Sat, 9 Jul 2005 20:39:13 +0000 (UTC), twillmon@cybermesa.net wrote:

>
>
>On 2005-07-09 42CE8018.22BE94DD@sympatico.ca said:
> >Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.jeep+******,rec.autos.tech
> >Mike Romain proclaimed:
>[snip]
>
> >Since Bush Gas, I haven't been able to run Texaco, Chevron, or Shell
> >regular in a 95 4.0 without mild ping. Recently the local Valero
> >station ran out of midgrade, and it seems that their regular will
> >actually run without ping.
>I recently noticed the nearby (40 miles away) Diamond Shamrock (soon
>to be called Valero) pumps have sprouted gasohol stickers. Small-town
>station, no known additive strictures. Seems to run OK, unlike
>Albuquerque wintertime-mandated gasohol, which noticably slows my
>Honda Civic.
>
>Comment?

I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
(Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.

I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.

Dan
>
>Tom Willmon
>near Mountainair, (mid) New Mexico, USA
>
>Net-Tamer V 1.12.0 - Registered

 

You're a farmer, and grow corn, barley or wheat?
Yup, alcohol is the additive we added to a gasoline to absorb
condensation.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Hootowl wrote:
>
> I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
> burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
> my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
> fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
> (Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
> it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
> alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
> short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.
>
> I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
> now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
> much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
> primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
> racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
> methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
> the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
> and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.
>
> Dan

 

You're a farmer, and grow corn, barley or wheat?
Yup, alcohol is the additive we added to a gasoline to absorb
condensation.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Hootowl wrote:
>
> I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
> burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
> my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
> fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
> (Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
> it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
> alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
> short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.
>
> I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
> now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
> much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
> primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
> racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
> methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
> the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
> and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.
>
> Dan

 

You're a farmer, and grow corn, barley or wheat?
Yup, alcohol is the additive we added to a gasoline to absorb
condensation.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Hootowl wrote:
>
> I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
> burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
> my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
> fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
> (Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
> it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
> alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
> short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.
>
> I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
> now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
> much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
> primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
> racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
> methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
> the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
> and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.
>
> Dan

 

You're a farmer, and grow corn, barley or wheat?
Yup, alcohol is the additive we added to a gasoline to absorb
condensation.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Hootowl wrote:
>
> I remember gasohol from back in the '70's/early 80's. Smoothest
> burning stuff since Esso Extra and Gulf NO-Nox! No loss of mileage in
> my '65 IHC Scout, and never any water in the gas, either. It kept the
> fuel system squeaky clean, too, and gave a decent octane boost.
> (Change the fuel filter after the second tankful due to all the trash
> it removes.) It was a mixture of gasoline and 10% anhydrous ethyl
> alcohol (ethanol). The oil companies hated it, and launched a
> short-lived misinformation campaign against it. But drivers loved it.
>
> I must say that the gasoline sold then was different-the stuff we buy
> now doesn't even smell remotely the same. I often wonder just how
> much real gasoline is in a gallon of fuel now. Real gasoline is
> primarily a mixture of n-heptane, octane, and nonane. BTW, all the
> racing alcohol I've seen (and, admittedly, that isn't much) is
> methanol, which is hard on rubber fuel line components but is about
> the highest octane fuel around. It is often mixed with other fuels,
> and those mixtures require a lot of modification to the fuel system.
>
> Dan

 

After any jeep repair be sure to screw all parts back together with wing
bolts. (G)

 

After any jeep repair be sure to screw all parts back together with wing
bolts. (G)

 

After any jeep repair be sure to screw all parts back together with wing
bolts. (G)