Pietenpol-List: Alcohol in Fuel & Sealers don't mix

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Pietenpol-List: Alcohol in Fuel & Sealers don't mix

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Original Posted By: Gary Gower
>Just a memory from the back of my mind, but I think the aluminium gastank >sealers being talked about cannot be used when the gasoline is mixted with >alcohol. Also called Oxygenated gasoline,,, I think,,, as the alcohol will >melt out the 2 part epoxy sealant in the aluminium gastank.Oil Can Bob is correct about this. You can buy a sealant that is'resistant to alcohol" but none that are totally safe.We had an Acrosport II here that had tons of sloshing gunk fromusing auto fuel w/ alcohol and it was about to totally plug up the fingerscreen in his fuel outlet drain port. Yikes !!!Mike C. ________________________________________________________________________________
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