Interesting info on ethanol! Now it makes total sense why E85 gas isn't great for cars and most can't handle it. Perfect lighting for those red engines to shine too!
Glad you liked the ethanol info! The reason why cars don't like e85 is slightly different from why small equipment engines don't like ethanol fuel- Cars have sealed systems where water can't enter the fuel. The bigger issue is that ethanol requires a different air-fuel ratio to burn properly, and it's more corrosive of a fuel. Most cars do not have the right type of fuel lines/filters to deal with the corrosive fuel. Most cars also do not have the right engine computer and sensors to detect when a high alcohol fuel is being used to adjust the air-fuel ratio for the fuel to burn properly. Ethanol has less energy content than gasoline per gallon, so more fuel needs injected compared with gasoline to achieve a perfect stoichiometric ratio. If the fuel injection system (or carburetor on a small engine) is not adjusted for this fuel, the engine will have too much air compared to fuel which is called running lean. This can cause higher than normal combustion temperatures resulting in fuel exploding prematurely, causing engine damage. In severe cases, pistons can melt from the added heat and early detonation of fuel. Sorry if the long winded explanation is too much, but I can explain more if anything is unclear. Just wanted to clarify that small equipment engines and cars have some different problems regarding ethanol, as well as similar problems!
Awesome catch! He sure was in notch 8
Those airslide cars are classic and cool i have some in nscale. Also i recently caught and ethanol train with 2 CN and 1 csx!😊😊
That's great! I'm glad ethanol trains with CN have been making it down south to your area!!
@oldmainproductions Thank you I appreciate it me too my hometown is in Monroe NC. I'm glad you get to see them too.
Interesting info on ethanol! Now it makes total sense why E85 gas isn't great for cars and most can't handle it. Perfect lighting for those red engines to shine too!
Glad you liked the ethanol info! The reason why cars don't like e85 is slightly different from why small equipment engines don't like ethanol fuel- Cars have sealed systems where water can't enter the fuel. The bigger issue is that ethanol requires a different air-fuel ratio to burn properly, and it's more corrosive of a fuel. Most cars do not have the right type of fuel lines/filters to deal with the corrosive fuel. Most cars also do not have the right engine computer and sensors to detect when a high alcohol fuel is being used to adjust the air-fuel ratio for the fuel to burn properly. Ethanol has less energy content than gasoline per gallon, so more fuel needs injected compared with gasoline to achieve a perfect stoichiometric ratio. If the fuel injection system (or carburetor on a small engine) is not adjusted for this fuel, the engine will have too much air compared to fuel which is called running lean. This can cause higher than normal combustion temperatures resulting in fuel exploding prematurely, causing engine damage. In severe cases, pistons can melt from the added heat and early detonation of fuel.
Sorry if the long winded explanation is too much, but I can explain more if anything is unclear. Just wanted to clarify that small equipment engines and cars have some different problems regarding ethanol, as well as similar problems!