Thread: Carbs Damaged By Blended Fuels
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Old 03-02-2011, 12:27 PM
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Here in California there are large colored labels on the gas pumps stating that up to a certain percentage (15%??) is blended by volume. Alchohol in high concentrations has always caused issues with aluminum in fuel systems. Racers have always had to "Dry out" their lines and related parts by removing all unused alchohol fuel after an event and I think purge them with gasoline.
To find that the plating on current production carbs is being effected by the current trend in fuels is real dissappointing. Guess I'll have to continue running the IDA's.

Fuel injection systems in the current production vehicles is for the most part are made of Ferrous metal, Stainless steel and to some extent plastics and composites which are not affected.
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