You put me on the right track. The boiling fuel made sense, but the motor tempature never rises, so is not likely the problem! I inspected the fuel lines and engine comparment airflow paying extra attention to the hood insulation and could find no problems. Now I am cheep and am not going to pay to have your suggestion carried out by a mechanic, and I'm lazy so I am putting off doing it.
Then I am pumping gas, I look at the pump, the sign says contains up to 10% ethanol. Just like in the cartoons the light bulb goes off over my head. The first time I had this problem was right after I fueled, I thought I had got a bad tank of gas.
I call my rocket scientist friend Brian Bors, everybody should have a friend like Brian. I ask about the boiling point of alcohol, he replys that the boiling point of alcohol is ??( i dont reember) and that it is much lower than gasoline.
So anyway to make a long story short, I am on my third tank of non ethanol gas and have had no problems!!! I also think my engine runs better, but that is of course subjective, and it seems my fuel milage is better, but I do not keep tract.
Thank you for pointing me in the right direction and will keep you posted.
Feb 2, 2008 at 12:30 PM
