VP Q16 eating rubber? Shelf life?
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VP Q16 eating rubber? Shelf life?
Anyone having issues with the Q16 eating the rubber inside your braided lines or carburetor parts? Im pleased with the HP the stuff makes but I dont want any fuel system issues. Im told its a good idea to drain the bowls after use???
With it being oxygenated, will it have a short shelf life?
CS19
With it being oxygenated, will it have a short shelf life?
CS19
Q16 is oxygenated with alcohol. Alcohol is corrosive and your inside hoses are reacting to that. It's always a good idea to drain bowls.
Storage life is directly related to how well you are resealing the drum. Should be air tight. Fuel jugs should be "not clear type" and always keep out of direct sun light.
Blessings......Ron.
Storage life is directly related to how well you are resealing the drum. Should be air tight. Fuel jugs should be "not clear type" and always keep out of direct sun light.
Blessings......Ron.
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it's a matter of how much alcohol and what kind. All current American production vehicles are designed for full durability with up to 10% Ethanol (so they would likely be OK with quite a lot more), but most owner's manuals warn against any % of Methanol...
Felix, qui potuit rerum cognscere causas.
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Happy is he who can discover the cause of things.
I'm not sure of the alcohol concentration in Q16, or what form of alcohol it has, but i have been using (as well as other people I know) premium pump fuel blended with 10% ethanol (94.8 octane) for years in all different sorts of fuel systems and never had a problem. If any of the vehicles sit for a long period of time, ie 3-6 months, I always make sure to run out all the ethanol laced fuel and put pump gas in. These are in engines where premium pump gas isn't good enough, and where the expensive racing fuel is not required.
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I checked the price and availability. and the price was only 35 dollars a drum more than the VP-14 I usually buy. I think I will get some the next time I buy some race gas.
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Boy I don't know Joe, drum of Q-16....? Next you'll be wanting to try one of those F2 ProChargers on one of your small blocks....
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MTBE has been eliminated from pump gas but is still used in some race gas. It is a very good additive and does not normally damage polymers, does not absorb water like alcohols, has high octane, evaporates and ignites easily. Good Stuff.Dodge Freak wrote:I thought MTBE was not being used any more in pump gasoline. It was harming the ground water.
MTBE did not damage the water of Santa Clara countyCA,\; leaking storage tanks did. Instead of using better storage tanks, CA and the EPA banned its use. It is now used extensively in Europe.
I'm certainly not a chemist, so have no idea if in production the physical properties change enough to negate the influence of it's ingredients. So I'll make no comments due to lack of knowledge.
"MTBE is manufactured via the chemical reaction of methanol and isobutylene. Methanol is derived from natural gas, and isobutylene is made from crude oil or natural gas, "
Blessings.............Ron.
"MTBE is manufactured via the chemical reaction of methanol and isobutylene. Methanol is derived from natural gas, and isobutylene is made from crude oil or natural gas, "
Blessings.............Ron.
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Ron Clevenger
CSU Gas Dominator ProCharger nonintercooled
Top Eliminator West http://www.topeliminatorwest.net
Steve Morris http://www.stevemorrisengines.com
6.49@219mph (still tunning)
John 14:6
Ron Clevenger
CSU Gas Dominator ProCharger nonintercooled
Top Eliminator West http://www.topeliminatorwest.net
Steve Morris http://www.stevemorrisengines.com
6.49@219mph (still tunning)