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10% ethanol blend gasoline and older MBs
Just wondering what the consensus is among owners of older mb's that have no choice but to use these alcohol blended fuels in their cars. This type of gas seems to be predominant in this part of the country now (south) and from what I have read and experienced is causing problems with different types of vehicles. I'm pretty sure it contributed to the rusting of the inside of my 72 sl tank due to it's ability to absorb moisture and a phenomenon called " phase separation " where the gasoline and alcohol blend separates into different layers of gas, ethanol, and water over time. I've had no problem using this fuel in my daily drivers so far, but I've noticed my 2000 v-star does run like crap even after sitting up as little as 2 weeks. In light of the expensive cost of fuel as it is, treating every vehicle with some type of additive or replacing with fresh fuel in anticipation of short or semi-long term storage ( week-end drivers? ) seems very impractical. I would think that this would be a significant issue with anyone owning older collector cars that are not driven on a daily basis. Any thoughts, experiences, ideas?
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I put stabil in my cars that sit for extended periods of time, no problems with fuel going bad so far.
I know my 300D runs WAY better on Cetane booster now that they took the sulfur out of diesel, but that doesn't answer your question. AFAIK all gasoline is a minimum of like 2% Ethanol now, so it's unavoidable. I'm not sure what additive is going to help you. If you have water in your tank run some like ISO-Heet or similar to pull the water out of the fuel. |
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