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Legal issues regarding Ethanol

Thread starter Silverghost
Start date Aug 28, 2008

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Silverghost

Yoda

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Aug 28, 2008

#1

This came up on the classic boat forum I go to. If this can happen to our boats, you know it can happen to our cars too.

https://www.boatbuilding.net/article.pl?sid=08/08/21/1221208&mode=thread

foxtrapper

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Aug 29, 2008

#2

Only if our cars were running fiberglass fuel tanks.

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Silverghost

Yoda

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Aug 29, 2008

#3

Fuel tanks aside, all the rubber components, diaphragms, etc. Also linings of gas tanks may be prone to damage from ethanol.

PAUL161

Great Pumpkin

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Aug 30, 2008

#4

https://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25936782/
Mechanics see ethanol damaging small engines - Consumer news- msnbc.com

And,

https://www.hempcar.org/ford.shtml
Hempcar.org-Henry Ford

DrEntropy

Great Pumpkin

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Aug 30, 2008

#5

Silverghost said:
This came up on the classic boat forum I go to. If this can happen to our boats, you know it can happen to our cars too.

https://www.boatbuilding.net/article.pl?sid=08/08/21/1221208&mode=thread

'bout time.

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