I thought the MTBE was being phased out in California in favor of some other
oxygenator. Or at least thats what i thought i heard when i used to live in
California. Its wreaks havoc on many things, it dissolves rubber pretty
easily not to mention the polluted water. If you live in an area where
there is a serious problem with MTBE you can easily smell it in the tap
water even at low ppm concentrations. Who wants to drink water that smells
like MTBE??? not me....
Brian
<wachmo@aol.com> wrote in message news:120.267e8dba.2cd15d28@aol.com...
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> The MTBE is added to the gasoline to decrease air pollution in areas of
the
> country that do not meet air standard requirements. However, it does not
break
> down and pollutes the water supply. So, which is more important, air or
> water? Typical government screw up.
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> The additive package also starts to turn the gas into a gell within 2 to 4
> weeks, especially in the summer. I was working in the small engine repair
> field, and the bad gas has been a boom for us at 60 bucks up for a carb
rebuild and
> lots of sales for gas stabilizer...
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