Checking Ethanol rumor

[Deleted User]
[Deleted User]
edited November -1 in HUDSON
On my 54 Hornet I am running a rubber fuel line from the fuel pump up to the intake manifold. I do have a filter about midway betwen the pump and the intake. At a Show N' Shine recently a passerby commented that Ethanol slowly disintegrates rubber and the resulting residue will eventually muck up the carbs.

I had never heard this before. Any comments on this?

Doug

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  • GrimGreaser
    GrimGreaser Senior Contributor
    If its fairly old, it wouldn't hurt to buy some new fuel line. Anything you buy now marked 'fuel line' should withstand the usual 10% ethanol blend. If your area has a stronger blend, i don't know, might want to keep an eye on it.`
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Doug, The passerby aty your local car show was right. Alcohol in the gas is not good for Hudsons. I recently had to rebuild a carb and a fuel pump due to the use of this stuff in my car. Get ethanol neutralizers from an auto parts store ,it's worth it. The tell tale signs in the carb is the white powder residue in the fuel bowl. Rubber will turn gooey. This current fuel is garbage.
  • RonS
    RonS Senior Contributor
    What is the name of the product that neutralizes ethonol? Ron
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Ron and Doug, The name of the best stuff to get is PRI-G. Google it to find where you can get it . They also make a product for diesel called PRI-D.
  • Terraplane33
    Terraplane33 Expert Adviser
    from my little ethanol expérience, it was creating relevant rust at the tanke inlet very quickly (only 1 fill) so we may guess about the inside of the tank...
    (test done on a Mercedes 1987)
  • bull_islander
    bull_islander Expert Adviser
    Here's a link to an article in a recent (last month) HVA newsletter.

    http://www.historicvehicle.org/Latest-News/Current-news/2011/08/24/Kernel-Knowledge-One-man-on-a-mission
  • tigermoth
    tigermoth Expert Adviser
    definitely not a rumor. if you do not replace your rubber fuel lines every 3 years you will have lines that inflate like balloons. ethanol eats them up. regards, tom
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Old Fogey UK wrote:
    We have a government riddled with tax-greedy ecofascists, so it isn't surprising.


    We have the same problem here in the States and that's because it is being taught in the schools along with "political correctness" and "class warfare"!:pinch:


    Kevin C.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Hi, I'm Walt the Hudson man, and I have no problems using 10 alcohol gas as I drive across the US every year and have to buy the 10 per cent gas. I've made 11 trips so far, 138,000 miles and have never had any gas problems in my 1953 Hudson Hornet Club Coupe. All it takes to not have problems, keep STA-BIL in your gas tank. I still have the same neoprene gas lines from day one. The problems with most cars are caused by not being driven, as todays gas dries out and turns to VARNISH. STA-BIL cures that problem. Walt.
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