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[Fr. Frank]

Tim, I read about it in an 2nd hand online report on the effects of ethanol on two-stroke motors. I was researching and surfing on the issue of the effects of ethanol on TCW3 oil in premix fuel after a friend lost compression on 5 out of 6 cylinders on his '88 Johnson 225 while running premix. The mechanic blamed it on ethanol in the gas.

I don't remember the web address where I read it, though. I had just clicked through on a link from HotBot, (which is my search engine of choice). I just now spent 20 minutes trying to find it again. I am quite sure about the name of the testing organization, though. The report named the Southwest Research Institute, which is the largest independent research body dealing with oil, and petroleum products in the world. I will keep trying to relocate the report, which was in .pdf format, and I believe was dated in February. (Yes, I already checked my temp files)

As I recall, it also said the amount of accumulated condensate was more than 3 times the amount that could be expected with just regular gasoline in a half-full tank.