Alcohol - EFI
Wayne DeLisle Sr.
support at sestar.net
Fri Dec 4 18:23:31 GMT 1998
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<font size=3D3>Hospitals used ethanol, it had to be non-poisonous.
Rubbing alcohol is<br>
isopropyl, either in 90% or, more usually, 70% solution with water,
and<br>
sometimes with a little camphor.<br>
<br>
Methanol is what they burn in indy cars, and is very corrosive to
base<br>
metals, especially in the presence of a little water. <br>
<br>
Nitro is a totally different beast. Because of it's oxidizing
nature, it will<br>
corrode or breakdown almost anything including it's self....<br>
<br>
All alcohols are hygroscopic and will suck water vapor out of the air.
<br>
Any water present in alcohol will help the corrosion process. =20
<br>
<br>
This is one of the things that showed up back in the early 80's=20
when<br>
oil companies started selling gasohol, (10% ethanol blend). <br>
<br>
It was messing up zinc alloy carbs and rubber fuel lines all over
the place.<br>
<br>
WD<br>
<br>
At 11:44 AM 12/4/98 -0500, you wrote:<br>
>Sure they weren't running nitro.=A0 Alcohol is what hospitals used to
use to<br>
>disinfect rubber IV tubing (before it was disposable), rubber
instrument<br>
>parts, etc.=A0 Never ate anything.=A0 At least not isopropyl.=A0 Methano=
l
is very<br>
>close to ethanol (the stuff you settle back with after a hard day).=A0
I'm not<br>
>absolutely sure but isn't rubbing alcohol methanol?<br>
><br>
>Nitromethane will DEFINITELY provide the damage you describe and in
short<br>
>order!<br>
><br>
>Rick<br>
><br>
>> -----Original Message-----<br>
>> From: goflo at pacbell.net [SMTP:goflo at pacbell.net]<br>
>> Sent: Friday, December 04, 1998 10:28 AM<br>
>> To: diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu<br>
>> Subject: Re: Alcohol - EFI<br>
>> <br>
>> Sietze Schukking wrote:<br>
>> <br>
>> > On a related note: somebody told me that water and alcohol
injection<br>
>> causes<br>
>> > increased engine wear due<br>
>> > to corrosion. Is this correct?<br>
>> <br>
>> Used to see alky buggy motors - The stuff seemed to eat carbs,
hoses,<br>
>> pumps.<br>
>> Did'nt notice unusual engine internal component problems - Air
cooled,<br>
>> maybe<br>
>> different water cooled...<br>
>> <br>
>> Jack<br>
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<div>Wayne DeLisle Sr.</div>
E-mail:support at sestar.net
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