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Joseph Gwinn

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On Dec 12, 7:08*pm, Joseph Gwinn wrote:
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*Brian Lawson wrote:

On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 20:23:11 GMT, "Bill Marrs"
wrote:

So I'm doing my regular winter maintenance on the rolling stock. *Check
anti-freeze, get the cold weather windshield washer fluid in, etc. *We
have
a stretch of cold for here weather coming up----mid teens to
20's----and it
got me motivated.

Part of the regimen has always been to toss in a jug of fuel system
water
remover/anti-freeze. HEET or whatever is on sale.
Recently the powers that be mandated that we run a *gas/ethanol blend
year
round. *Makes the corn farmers happy I guess. * If I'm running 10%
ethanol,
the fuel system anti-freeze is redundant--correct? *AFAIK all the stuff
is
is ethanol? *Or is there something here that I'm not seeing?

Bill

I don't know, but the gas-line anti-freeze stuff we get here is said
to be Methyl Hydrate. *Is that Ethanol?

Most gas-line antifreeze is methyl alcohol (methanol).

Some is isopropyl alcohol.

I've never seen ethyl alcohol (ethanol) used, but it would work.

The poison warning usually tells which it is.

Joe Gwinn

Brian,

Ethanol, pure, is made by fermentation and is the active ingredient in
booze.

Methanol, methyl hydrate, aka wood alcohol makes you sick or blind at
best if ingested.

Not sure what effect isopropyl alcohol has on one's insides; it is
typically used in rubbing alcohol for external use only.

Isopropyl alcohol is poisonous.

Of all the alcohols, only ethyl is not poisonous.

Joe Gwinn