Gas tank replacement/upgrade
My motorhome has been sitting for about 5 years,and rather than try to clean out the old gas tank and coat it for ethanol use,I'm thinking I would rather replace it with a poly or aluminum tank to pr...
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Arthur138 wrote:Jim Norman wrote:
If you are doing a conversion to ethanol you will need to do a lot more than just the tank. All the seals and fuel lines can be affected. On top of that Ethanol gives less power per unit and lower MPG. From your second post I am lead to believe that you have done similar on other vehicles so please don't take this wrong. I don't get why you'd want to switch over to Ethanol or even E85. E10 is bad enough!!
EVERYBODY is switching over to ethanol because that is all you can buy at the pumps these days.
And make no mistake about it,even 10 percent ethanol will eat old non-ethanol rated rubber gas lines,and plastic gas filters like acid. There has been people die from rotten gas lines bursting as they were riding down the road at 60 MPH because they were burned to death before they could get their cars stopped.
And you can't replace just the hoses and hope to get away with it. You have to replace it all.
I will even replace the hard lines with the new copper-nickel lines that you can bend by hand without kinking. I do this to prevent rust from developing inside the steel lines and causing carb problems like flooding or backfiring. BTW,in case you don't know,you can buy the copper-nickel lines in any auto parts store in the country. Costs about 25 bucks plus taxes for a 25 foot long roll. Cheap insurance,in MY mind.
10% ethanol will NOT have any effect what-so-ever on older gas engines or their associated fuel lines. If that's what you are concerned about then you are simply baying at the moon and should just fill up your tank and head for the nearest campground where you can setup and worry about important things like "did the US fact the Moon landing!"
