"Mark Keith" wrote in message
om...

I've never had a car that really liked running on that stuff. My V6
monte carlo, which I've since sold, hated the stuff. My ford truck
will run on it. Barely...
Still pings...I try to avoid the stuff. MK

Gasahol forces the motor to run lean on motors without an oxygen sensor.
I had a old 77 Kawasaki KZ 400 which bucked and misfired under load with
gasahol, but ticked like a watch on gasoline. It had non adjustable EPA
mandated carbs in which I couldn't raise the needles to richen the
mixture. No problem, real gasoline was still available at Amoco, but at
the highest premium price in the area. It didn't use much. Well,
thanks to Congress, the EPA, Archer-Daniels-Midland and the corparate
farm lobby, gasohol is now "The Clean Air Fuel", and gasoline is
effectively banned in this area.

Actually, I was able to slip an O-ring under each needle to richen up
the mixture, and it ran better, but I had to leave a hold down screw
loose with the mod. I didn't like leaving screws in the carb loose, and
I didn't want to make a more permanent, irreversable mod. I guess I was
hoping the government would notice that many vehicles misfired on
gasohol, and dumped tons of unburned fuel into the air. Not to mention
that drivers prefered their vehicles ran smoothly.

Thanks to ADM and the corporate farm lobby, my Coke is gummed up with
gooey corn syrup and my gas is adulterated with alcohol. I expect
they've got the skids greased for fueling the Fires of Hell, as well.

Frank Dresser