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      02-14-2013, 10:14 PM   #30
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Originally Posted by shah269 View Post
Hum....interesting read.
The idea of lubricating the alcohol rich gas is a very good idea I have to admit.
And yes believe it or not, gas is a lubricant.
it sure is, but the lubricity is fairly poor unless designed for the specifics of the current chemistries that exist.

Look at diesels, ULSD removed a lot of the lubricity when it took out the sulfur-bound heterocycles.

But yeah, design your component right and it can be lubricated by most anything.
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