Re: Fuel

Posted by BigKev On 2012/5/3 15:35:04

I would think if ethanol was that corrosive, then we would have old cars dying all over the place as Calif has been using it for many years. Typically ethanol tends to "clean" things as it tends break loose existing fuel varnish. That can of course travel down stream and cause issues filters, carb jets, etc. Similar to using detergent oil or synthetic in a old dirty motor.

I would ask what you cleaned the tank out with originally? If you used some with of acid etch and got that on the sender, then is possible ate away any plating that was left on it. Which then caused it to rust up from any moisture in the tank.