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Tue Mar 18, 2014 11:39 am
I think you can buy an alcohol content tester commercially but i recently ran into a post on another forum about how to do it in a pinch. It's worth looking at:
TTo save some bucks I used an olive bottle for my ethanol tester because it is tall and skinny just like the tester.
All you do is make a mark on the bottle maybe a half inch from the bottom and fill w water to that point. Then add gas to fill most of the bottle and shake. Let is sit for a minute or so and>>>> If the gas has ethanol it will combine with the water and the "water/alcohol" level will now be higher. Simple.
I have a station that is very good about no ethanol but one can never be sure.
Glen
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Tue Mar 18, 2014 12:05 pm
To make it even easier just fill with gas and put a couple drops of food coloring in it. If it has ethanol the food coloring will mix with the gas, if no ethanol it will just sink to the bottom.
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Other then when I fill my 300 gallon home tank (and then I trust my fuel distributor who also uses mo gas in his C-172 and it for sure is ethanol free in bulk) I never check for ethanol. If I'm on a xc and need mo gas, I may ask the locals, depending on what state I'm in, if any stations in town have real gas, other wise I just get whatever fuel is available as the Rotax really can't tell the difference, at least I can't. Though I am still not comfortable with keeping E-10 in my bulk tank, I just don't see any problems with using it from time to time, especially when it's burned up a day or so after buying it. I credit Emsfly with helping me get over my E-10 paranoia, as he had been using it in California long before we had to up here.
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Wed Mar 19, 2014 10:36 am
You can shake it if you want but when you first do the test it's more than obvious
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