T&T: Bio diesel

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Articles on Ethanol in gas can be found in Professional Boatbuilder 
October 2006 issue and Passage Maker October 2006 issue, quite interesting.

Ernest Nash

On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 07:10:58 -0700 (PDT), Randy Sysol <rsysol@yahoo.com> 
wrote :

> Power & Motoryacht just ran an article (October 2006 issue) testing  
Biodiesel vs. Diesel.  The performance results were  identical.  The 
issues they outlined were a shorter shelf life for  Bio and the tendency 
to break down rubber fuel hoses and gaskets on  older engines.
>   
>   No mention of any tank problems but this was a short term test.
>   
>   Randy
> 
> Lee Licata <lazilicata@gmail.com> wrote:  Ron,
> 
> Bio diesel or diesel in ethanol in old fiberglass tanks is no problem.
> 
> But ethanol in gasoline in old fiberglass tanks is a big problem  
> potentially.
> 
> I read a great article on it somewhere, but cannot remember where.
> 
> Lee
> 
> 
> On Sep 22, 2006, at 05:49, ron barr wrote:
> 
> Has anyone heard about the potential impact of bio diesel or ethanol  
> mixes
> on fiberglass fuel tanks?
> 
> Ron Barr
> Lady Brookhaven
> Hatteras LRC 42
> Newport RI
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