GL: Ethanol in fuel.

[John & Judy Gill]

Only if there is sufficient damage to someone who is a great attorney  
and willing to take the case on a pro bona basis.

Remembering the bad guys here are the government and not the fuel  
companies.  So who are you going to sue?

Very few of our Senators and Congressmen / women are boaters, so we  
can't expect them to care.

The issue is why should boaters pay a dollar or more for gasoline or  
diesel fuel than for highway use and still have ethanol in the fuel.   
Why isn't ethanol put in aviation fuel -  answer they don't want too  
many plane crashes and boats only sink.

John

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On Jul 16, 2007, at 8:49 PM, <captmimi at provide.net>  
<captmimi at provide.net> wrote:

> Is there a possibility of a class action recourse. Capt
> Mimi
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> On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:50:49 EDT
>  LRZeitlin at aol.com wrote:
>> Pure ethanol has strong solvent properties. For the last
>> dozen years most
>> automobile pump gasoline has been "oxygenated" with 10%
>> enhanol in an effort to
>> reduce pollution and raise octane rating. It takes the
>> place of the old lead
>> bearing compounds (tetraethyl lead) that are now
>> forbidden. Some fuel system
>> components and some of the older fiberglass/resin fuel
>> tanks used plastics
>> formulations which were not resistant to ethanol.
>>
>> There is no turning back the clock. Ethanol will be used
>> in gasoline for the
>> forseeable future. If the corn growing states have their
>> way, the amount of
>> ethanol will be increased. As far as fuel tanks go, it
>> takes a long time for 10%
>> ethanol containing gasoline to waste one away. I wouldn't
>> worry about it for
>> the remainder of the season or even for next season but
>> eventually the tank
>> will have to be replaced with an ethanol safe one. It's
>> just another addition to
>> the "to do" list. Fuel lines and carburator components
>> are another story.
>> Plastic fuel lines can deteriorate in a season. Old pump
>> diaphargms and plastic
>> carburator parts may also suffer.
>>
>> Step one is to contact your engine manufacturer or agent
>> and find out the
>> parts likely to be damaged by ethanol containing fuel.
>> Replace these parts with
>> ethanol safe ones.
>>
>> Then replace all the plastic fuel lines with current
>> production automotive
>> fuel lines. These are ethanol safe. No need for "marine
>> quality" here. The
>> marine market is well behind the automobile market in
>> this respect. Just go to Pep
>> Boys and buy the lines.
>>
>> So far ethanol has not been added in significant
>> quantities to diesel fuel.
>> Some users have reprted ethanol like solvent effects with
>> biodiesel. Again
>> check with the engine manufacturer.
>>
>> Times change. Nothing lasts forever. Sails anyone?
>>
>> Larry Z
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