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- Subject: Re: Oxygenated Gasoline and Low MPG
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- From: dave.williams@chaos.lrk.ar.us (Dave Williams)
- Date: 4 Jan 93 14:52:00 GMT
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- -> on your engine? Oh yea, this "Clean" gas was clear as water, but
- -> here in Ontario, a jar of gas has a vivid yellow, while Michigan gas
- -> has a reddish color to it. Is there anything to this coloring? Can
- -> it be counteracted (ie what can make red colored gas look yellow?)
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- Most gas is clear to start with, then dyed to distinguish grade.
- 145 octane aviation fuel used to be purple, for instance. I don't know
- what the colors are for others.
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- Canada probably uses a different color scheme. What with small
- diameter pump nozzles and vapor recovery systems, you don't actually
- *see* a lot of gasoline nowadays.
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