Originally Posted by Dino@his Dad's
FabMan, where are you getting these numbers ? According to the steel tank institute, it costs less than 500 $ to make a filling station ethanol ready. The E85 stations that I have seen are using the same tanks and pumps and hoses as they did selling gasoline. And whose studies show that stainless is the only way to go ? I will agree the fiberglass tanks sound scary when filled with ethanol, but mild steel doesn't have any ethanol problems that I have heard of. Are Oregon's reg's tougher than some other places ? DF
Oregon has some of the toughest in the country, but I do have links to the studys and will post them as soon as I can find them[maybe in work computer].
FABMANDELUX.
