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Old 12-16-2008, 05:41 PM   #43 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Nevyn View Post
Would you then be able to measure the % ethanol that really was in the gas, if you mixed it with a known amount of water?
At the dealership I worked at back in the dark ages, we HAD a kit we used to measure to see if there was too much ethanol in the fuel, when a car was running funny. Only the "Driveability" guys used it, but they would add a certain amount of (the old type antifreeze, I think), and would shake it up and then let it settle for a few minutes. You then had the prettiest line separating the gas from the ethanol...and in color! Look at where the line was, and you knew the percentage of ethanol in the fuel...
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