On 29 Dec 2003 01:37:50 GMT, "Tegger®"
<teggeratistopdotcom@changetheobvious.invalid> wrote:

>George Macdonald <fammacd=!SPAM^nothanks@tellurian.com> spake unto the
>masses in news:e0ruuv4gsrjs2n69aukgk3et7cho6cj8f9@4ax.com:
>
>> On 28 Dec 2003 09:14:14 -0800, pnsunysb@yahoo.com (Pravin Nair) wrote:
>>
>>>Hi there,
>>>
>>>I was reading about the additive change in New York to Ethanol in
>>>gasoline. One of the things that I read was that one should change the
>>>"fuel filter". This is basically so that all the rust and other
>>>particulate matter that the ethanol removes does not clog up the
>>>injectors. Atleast this is what I read.
>>
>> Is this a recent change to the fuel formulation for New York? Other
>> nearby states (NJ, Conn.) have been using oxygenates in the fuel for
>> several years.
>
>
>
>MTBE is also an oxygenate.

Yeah but I'd thought that some of the companies were using ethanol in the
N.E. already - maybe not. BTW the ethanol is problematic for storage of
the finished gasoline - it draws water in from the moisture in the air.

>NY has recently rejected MTBE for ethanol.
>
>http://www.aaany.com/press/where_sta...nd_stories.asp

Hmmm, more bureacratic fumbling and bumbling on top of the usual chemistry
heresy. I'm sure Mr. Daschle will be most pleased.

Rgds, George Macdonald

"Just because they're paranoid doesn't mean you're not psychotic" - Who, me??