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1. 12:37 PM - Water and alcohol (william sullivan)
2. 02:02 PM - Re: Water and alcohol (Charlie England)
3. 05:36 PM - Re: Water and alcohol (william sullivan)
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Subject: | Water and alcohol |
I am having a memory lapse. Mogas has alcohol, and there is a term for what
happens when the alcohol absorbs too much water and forms a goo, or slurry, that
clogs fuel systems. Can anyone remember what that goo is called? I do remember
the way to remove the alcohol- adding water and overloading the alcohol,
and draining it from the bottom. Not to be done in the aircraft!!!
Richard Pike? Can you give us a refresher on this?
Bill
Sullivan
Tarboro,
NC
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Subject: | Re: Water and alcohol |
On 2/15/2020 2:34 PM, william sullivan wrote:
>
> I am having a memory lapse. Mogas has alcohol, and there is a term for what
happens when the alcohol absorbs too much water and forms a goo, or slurry,
that clogs fuel systems. Can anyone remember what that goo is called? I do
remember the way to remove the alcohol- adding water and overloading the alcohol,
and draining it from the bottom. Not to be done in the aircraft!!!
> Richard Pike? Can you give us a refresher on this?
>
>
Bill Sullivan
>
Tarboro, NC
>
I don't think that's a 'thing', except in old hangar tales. Maybe this?
https://www.bellperformance.com/blog/bid/71472/Brown-Sludge-MTBE-and-Ethanol-Don-t-Mix
I think MTBE in gas has been outlawed for a long time.
Ethanol & water can cause corrosion issues (which water can obviously do
by itself), and the combo can attack incompatible 'soft parts' in a fuel
system, but with proper materials selection, none of that should be an
issue. Consider our cars. We've had no (practical) choice but to run
E-gas for several decades, and we never have these issues in cars.
Methanol ('wood alcohol') is another whole animal. Perhaps that's what
you're thinking about.
You can pull the ethanol out of gas using a bunch of water, but you're
left with very low (and unknown) octane fuel. I can get E-free premium
locally, and have run it in my Lycoming engines for a couple of decades.
I test every batch for ethanol using an olive jar (tall & skinny). The
method is to put about an inch of water in the jar, and carefully mark
the jar at the water line. Fill with the gas you're testing, cap, and
shake vigorously. Let it sit for a few minutes, and check that the
'water' level hasn't increased. If it's at the same level, there's no
ethanol. If the level rises, (some of) the ethanol has bound to the
water and it will appear that there's now more water in the jar. Note
that the only reason I use E-free is because the old RV-4 I flew had an
old mechanical fuel pump with soft parts that were susceptible to
E-damage. There are quite a few guys flying fuel injected Lycs on E-10 &
E-15 premium now. (No E-susceptible parts in an injected engine with a
late model mechanical pump; the pump maker switched to E-proof soft
parts a number of years ago.
Biggest danger is phase separation at low temps.
http://www.lcbamarketing.com/phase_separation_in_ethanol_blen.htm
Of course, I could be wrong...
Charlie
;-)
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Subject: | Re: Water and alcohol |
Phase separation! That's what I couldn't remember. Thanks. It was a conver
sation regarding seasonal power equipment.
do not archive.
Bill Sullivan
On Saturday, February 15, 2020, 05:03:27 PM EST, Charlie England <ceen
gland7@gmail.com> wrote:
On 2/15/2020 2:34 PM, william sullivan wrote:
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>=C2- =C2- I am having a memory lapse.=C2- Mogas has alcohol, and the
re is a term for what happens when the alcohol absorbs too much water and f
orms a goo, or slurry, that clogs fuel systems.=C2- Can anyone remember w
hat that goo is called?=C2- I do remember the way to remove the alcohol-
adding water and overloading the alcohol, and draining it from the bottom.
=C2- Not to be done in the aircraft!!!
>=C2- =C2- Richard Pike?=C2- Can you give us a refresher on this?
>
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I don't think that's a 'thing', except in old hangar tales. Maybe this?
https://www.bellperformance.com/blog/bid/71472/Brown-Sludge-MTBE-and-Ethano
l-Don-t-Mix
I think MTBE in gas has been outlawed for a long time.
Ethanol & water can cause corrosion issues (which water can obviously do
by itself), and the combo can attack incompatible 'soft parts' in a fuel
system, but with proper materials selection, none of that should be an
issue. Consider our cars. We've had no (practical) choice but to run
E-gas for several decades, and we never have these issues in cars.
Methanol ('wood alcohol') is another whole animal. Perhaps that's what
you're thinking about.
You can pull the ethanol out of gas using a bunch of water, but you're
left with very low (and unknown) octane fuel. I can get E-free premium
locally, and have run it in my Lycoming engines for a couple of decades.
I test every batch for ethanol using an olive jar (tall & skinny). The
method is to put about an inch of water in the jar, and carefully mark
the jar at the water line. Fill with the gas you're testing, cap, and
shake vigorously. Let it sit for a few minutes, and check that the
'water' level hasn't increased. If it's at the same level, there's no
ethanol. If the level rises, (some of) the ethanol has bound to the
water and it will appear that there's now more water in the jar. Note
that the only reason I use E-free is because the old RV-4 I flew had an
old mechanical fuel pump with soft parts that were susceptible to
E-damage. There are quite a few guys flying fuel injected Lycs on E-10 &
E-15 premium now. (No E-susceptible parts in an injected engine with a
late model mechanical pump; the pump maker switched to E-proof soft
parts a number of years ago.
Biggest danger is phase separation at low temps.
http://www.lcbamarketing.com/phase_separation_in_ethanol_blen.htm
Of course, I could be wrong...
Charlie
;-)
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