Fuel System And Carburetor
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Test fuel for alcohol
Fuels currently on the market contain a wide array of additives. Some of these additives oxygenate the fuel. Oxy-
genated fuel reduces emissions, and is required in some parts of the United States. Fuel make-up varies seasonally
and geographically. Ethanol is the primary additive used to oxygenate fuel.
Ethanol in fuel creates a lot of problems for gasoline engines. The biggest problem is that alcohol attracts and
holds water. This corrodes the metal components of the fuel system, especially the carburetor. Alcohol also does not
produce as much heat as gasoline when burnt. This results in less power for the engine.
The ideal fuel/air mixture ratio (stoichiometric ratio) for an engine burning alcohol is much richer than the stoichi-
ometric ratio an engine running on gasoline. An engine tuned to run on gasoline will not run well on alcohol. The
more alcohol there is in the fuel beyond the 10% that is anticipated, the further the fuel/air mixture will be from the
correct ratio.
A 10% ethanol (E10) mix is acceptable for MTD
engines. Anything higher than that will result in perfor-
mance issues.
NOTE:
E20 and E85 fuels are not to be used in any MTD
engines.
There are several alcohol test kit available commer-
cially. See Figure 5.4.
Generally these kits involve mixing a measured amount
of water and gas together and seeing were the boundary
layer is. See Figure 5.5.
The test kit should come with a chart to compare the
boundary layer height to alcohol percentage.
Figure 5.4
Figure 5.5
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