Buick35 Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Is ethanol gas o.k.to use in a air cooled v.w.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfeil Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 Non ethanol would be better but more expensive. I have run ethanol fuel in all my cars including a 64 113 VW and a 65 111 VW. After about ten years the 64 started having a lean mixture issue. When I pulled the bowl plug which has the main jet screwed into it, I found a chard of something that looked like a piece of glass stuck in it. I then took the air horn off the main body of the carburetor and found this stuff in the bottom of the float bowl in crystal chards which were dry and digging it out 3/16 " thick deeper it was unhardened and almost like jelly. That was about five years ago, and I expect to do this procedure again someday, and to all my cars with carburetors (6). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Shaw Posted November 8, 2023 Share Posted November 8, 2023 2 hours ago, Buick35 said: Is ethanol gas o.k.to use in a air cooled v.w.? If you have replaced all rubber parts and have no aluminum in the fuel system you can use ethanol laced fuel. However, you will need to replace it with non-ethanol fuel if you plan to park it for more than a month or so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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