HVA: Ethanol in classic car engines.mov

Under the hood with ethanol and your classic car - Go under the hood with HVA member and veteran classic car mechanic, Ed Syrocki, in a new video that shows what ethanol related engine damage looks like in our historic cars.

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[daveknowshow]

SO WHAT CAN I DO TO HELP? seriously I hate these issues I cant even cut my grass since my lawn mower is ruined! who can we contact to complain to?

[Corey G]

In unrestored cars ethanol can be harmful. However, my father in-law has a completely unrestored 70 Coronet R/T Hemi that he doesn't drive that often and hasn't had any issues when putting Stable with blended gas. I am personally not a fan of how ethanol is made from corn but I don't like how everyone demonizes it's properties. My family has several restored muscle cars and we only run ethanol blend. With new rubber in a restored car and a new gas tank ethanol helps keep our fuel systems clean.

[afvc1980]

Just had to rebuild my q jet .Gaskets shrunk, accel pump shrunk.This stuff is nonsense and does nothing to help anyone.Boat hobbist's and motorcycle hobbists have the same problem.

[Lite Finocchiaro]

Thanks for uploading this video! This will be helpful to many people in the US and anywhere else that adds ethanol to gasoline!