I am in the process of rebuilding a 100 year old stationary (car link - M25 this morning at J23!) engine which I was originally designed to run on alcohol. I can find a google of sites extolling virtues of ethanol or methanol mixes for car engines but no references on use of pure e or m as a single fuel. Any advice on merits of either gratefully received. I am happy to take replies off line - Email as my profile please.
None of the stationary engine sites have much about alcohol based engines.
Moderators - apologies if car link is too tenuous!
pmh (was peter)
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>Moderators - apologies if car link is too tenuous!
No problems. Its an engine which is close enough.
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One tip I have learned, is that you need a small amount of water in the alcohol, especially with methanol, or it will corrode metal, especially aluminium. The anhydrous alcohol 'steals' ions from the metal, bu a tiny amount of water quenches this, so make sure the fuel is not over-dried.
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