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The opposite: ethanol serves as a gas-line antifreeze.
by pbreit 12y ago
The opposite: ethanol serves as a gas-line antifreeze.
- leetrout 12y agoEthanol most certainly causes fuel to capture and retain more moisture. Not sure about any antifreeze properties but on the whole it's not good for small carbureted engines.
- hueving 12y agoEthonal free gasoline doesn't freeze easily either so that isn't relevant.
- upofadown 12y agoThe ethanol absorbs any water and stops it from separating out. If the water separates out it can freeze in the fuel line and cause a blockage. In my part of Canada people were actually somewhat happy when the 10% ethanol showed up as it meant that you didn't have to add any fuel line antifreeze over the winter.
- ars 12y agoIt's sort of both. Ethanol does absorb water from the air. But that's how it works as a gas-line antifreeze: It absorbs undesired water from the fuel line and mixes with it so that you can burn it.