Gasoline

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:38 am

Any pump that is GI dated 57 or later and civilian pumps made after that date have proven satisfactory. I have not seen one out of the few hundred I have sold since the 60s, or that were installed at motorpools come back.
Joel

joel gopan · Post by **joel gopan** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:42 am

What is nice is that some unused GI fuel pumps are returning to the US, I haven't seen any CCKW Pumps, but the French Army Surplus MB/GPW pumps are back over here at Army Jeep Parts, and are 60s dated.

Niklas · Post by **Niklas** » Mon Feb 20, 2006 4:08 pm

Using ethanol as fuel isnÃ‚Â´t anything new in Sweden. The Swedish Army used it during WW2. Here is a link to a article from 1946 about the use of ethanol in Sweden during WW2. Contact your friendly neighbourhood Swede and ask him to translate it

http://www.cbmma.net/etanol/index.html

The problems today is the same as then:

- Cold starting is hard when using a high mix of ethanol.

- Ethanol dissolves resins left by gasoline in the fuel system causing clogged filters and carburettors just after the change over from gas.

- Ethanol may destroy some rubber parts in the fuel system.

- Ethanol has a 30-40% lower energy content which means that you will have to change to corresponding larger jets. Fuel consumption also goes up 30-40%

The advantages with ethanol is that it is cheaper (in Sweden) and that it has a higher octane 107 RON which means that you can adjust the ignition accordingly. And it is better for the enviroment...

Today there is more and more people in Sweden that changes over to ethanol powered cars. During the last part of 2005 there were actually more ethanol cars sold in Sweden than diesel cars! The ethanol used in Sweden comes from two sources: Brasilian suger canes and excess production of regular French wine! Ethanol production in Sweden from wood waste is just starting. The ethanol mix used in Sweden today is E85 which is 85% ethanol and 15% gas and additives. The same was used during WW2 but was called Motyl 85. Regular gas in Sweden has 5% ethanol mixed in.

Usually one can mix in 25% ethanol without any problem or changes to the fuel system. I have used 10-15 % in my Volvo C303 without any problems. I have considered testing it on my CCKW-353 but I havenÃ‚Â´t decided just yet.

Or one can mix pure ethanol with some soda and try to forget that the gas costs 5 USD/gallon (In Sweden)....

Maybe this should have been in the factoid section instead....

Best Regards/Niklas

Degsy · Post by **Degsy** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:43 am

In the UK fuel prices are amongst the highest, petrol (gasoline) is around 7USD per (imperial) gallon, diesel is about 20 cents dearer per gallon than petrol.