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Re: Isopropyl Alcohol

2006-02-21 by kilocycles

Stuart,
Actually, the problem the gas line antifreeze solves is water in the
fuel line due to condensation.  It used to be much more of a problem
when carburetors were widely used.  Over her in the colonies, the mix
of the petrol is changed with the season.  In New Jersey, in the 1970s
I had one car that would suddenly stop running each year when the
temperature first dropped below the '30s F.  I had to give it a shot
of fuel additive to get it going.  The alcohol absorbs the moisture
and allows the gasoline to burn.

By the way, I wintered over in Leicestershire during 1982-83.  My car
was a "land crab"...a 1968 Austin 1800 that I rented from my landlord.

Cheers,
Ted

--- In Homebrew_PCBs@yahoogroups.com, lists <stuart.winsor.lists@...>
wrote:

---snip
> works fine for me.
> 
> What gas line antifreeze might be I have no idea as it would require
> exceptionally low temperatures for gas to freeze :^)  In the uk, petrol
> doesn't freeze either but suppliers do add ant-waxing agents to diesel
> fuel in the winter.

---snip---
> Regards
> Stuart
>

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