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- From: welty@cabot.balltown.cma.COM (richard welty)
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Re: 2nd Attempt: Which gas driers harm the fuel system?
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.052015.875@cabot.balltown.cma.COM>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 05:20:15 GMT
- References: <64207@cup.portal.com> <Bt6upF.47M.1@cs.cmu.edu> <Bt6vG2.4yv.1@cs.cmu.edu>
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- In article <Bt6vG2.4yv.1@cs.cmu.edu> arup+@cs.cmu.edu (Arup Mukherjee) writes:
- >This is my second attempt at finding the answer to my question. I didn't
- >get any replies to my first post. Surely SOMEONE out there must remember
- >which chemical it is that is sometimes used in gas line driers and is
- >harmful to rubber? My original post follows; I think that the two chemicals
- >in question may be methanol and isopropanol, but even if they are, I don't
- >know which is the bad one.
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- methanol is nasty, ethanol is marginally acceptable; isopropanol,
- petroleum distallates, and napatha are all ok.
-
- cheers,
- richard
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