On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 10:33:10 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"   
    wrote:   
      
   > wrote in message   
   >news:368a0bd5-5a2d-4d26-95fc-060953d7fd27@googlegroups.com...   
   >>I have a toro gts 6hp which is built by Briggs and Stratton and I   
   >>have "converted" it to methanol... I put converted in quotes because   
   >>the engine runs fine on meth without any modifications.   
   >>   
   >> If the engine doesn't run check/replace the spark plug. (Meth   
   >> requires a hotter plug)   
   >>   
   >> One concern is that depending on what the fuel line and carb are   
   >> made of they will corrode over time.   
   >> I run meth in my lawn mower for fun and am not really concerned   
   >> about rebuilding the carb and replacing fuel lines.   
   >   
   >   
   >You apparently used "concern" to mean both the negative "think little   
   >of it" and the positive "think nothing of it".   
   >   
   >I've had a 1980's bowl gasket disintegrate from E10 gas but nothing   
   >else, and no trouble from modern replacement fuel line. Unless you are   
   >all thumbs the carbs are easy to strip, clean and rebuild.   
   >   
   >-jsw   
   >   
   Etanol and Methanol are two totally different animals when it comes to   
   the damage caused.  Methanol is extremely agressive. Doesn't take long   
   to make some carbs unrebuildable with methanol, and it can even   
   destroy the engine without running it. (due to corrosion) Methanol and   
   any alloy with copper in it spells bad news. (that's many aluminum   
   alloys used in pistons, blocks, heads, bearings, manifolds, and fuel   
   system parts)   
      
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