The problem isn't the gaskets and o-rings. The real problem is alcohol is a
weak organic acid and corrodes metals.


"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
Two years of college chemistry does not a chemist make out of me, so let's
see
if anybody has the answer to this one:

Until we get around to making gaskets and o-rings that will stand up to
alcohol,
is there a cheap and easy way to chemically (or mechanically) take the
alcohol
out of gasoline? Yeah, I know that we could use fractional distillation,
but
that's a little beyond the average home kitty-litter filter process that I
was
contemplating.

Thoughts?

Jim



Roger Halstead
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-
-It seems to me if they can make the car engines stand up (more
-specifically the gaskets and O-rings) then they could do the same in
-aircraft systems.

Jim Weir (A&P/IA, CFI, & other good alphabet soup)
VP Eng RST Pres. Cyberchapter EAA Tech. Counselor
http://www.rst-engr.com