From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Mar 8 6:32:41 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mail.enteract.com (mail.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6EB6337B7CF for ; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 06:32:37 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Received: from shell-1.enteract.com (dscheidt@shell-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.40]) by mail.enteract.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id IAA65054; Wed, 8 Mar 2000 08:32:09 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from dscheidt@enteract.com) Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 08:32:09 -0600 (CST) From: David Scheidt To: cjclark@home.com Cc: Terry Lambert , Alex Zepeda , Olaf Hoyer , chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Great American Gas Out In-Reply-To: <20000307213615.A73820@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, 7 Mar 2000, Crist J. Clark wrote: > > Anyway, one would expect that oxygenated fuels would be no worse if > not easier on most hoses and seals (organic polymers) since they would > tend to be more hydrophilic. However, it does strongly depend on the > exact composition of the polymer. But at present with oxygenated fuels > common, I would imagine engineers take them into account and choose > materials accordingly, which makes the point moot. Here's a press Oxygenated fuel is really nasty to some seals, gaskets, and the like. I went through a shocking number of carb rebuild kits in my Land-Rover until I found a supplier who had one made with oxygenated fuel resistant bits. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message