---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 02/20/13: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 01:00 PM - Ethanol in fuel (Richard Pike) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 01:00:57 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Ethanol in fuel From: "Richard Pike" About a month ago, my hangar mate had time off work for a quick late afternoon flight, but only had time to buy some ethanol corrupted fuel. Flew for a while, but not enough to use all the ethanol fuel up. He called me today, concerned that he still had some of that stuff in the carbs, and no time to get to it. So I took the dog for a walk and went by his hangar. Pulled the float bowls off and sure enough, the fuel remaining in them had a faint milky grey tint, a little corrosion was beginning to form on the walls of the float bowls, and there were a couple of tiny drops of water in the bottom of each. Wish I had thought to take a picture, but I just dumped them. Then it occurred to me to wonder about my Kolb, so I went and pulled my float bowls off and looked. My last flight was December 8, the fuel in the bowls was the color of tea, very thin pale brown, obviously old, but clear, no corrosion, and no water. Wish I had taken a picture, but I'm not that clever. Bottom line, two identical 582's; one with fuel over two months old and simply old, the other with ethanol laced fuel 1 month old and already starting to cause problems. Worth what ya paid for it. -------- Richard Pike Kolb MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) richard (at) bcchapel(dot)org Kingsport, TN 3TN0 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. Hebrews 11:1 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=394699#394699 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.