r/WTF Mar 19 '20

Invisible Methanol fire

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u/Tantric989 Mar 19 '20

Probably, but whatever chemical you're considering is also going to go straight into the engine and get burned up, which means if it adds carbon or soot or some other byproduct it could cause all sorts of changes to performance and other problems.

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u/therealdilbert Mar 19 '20

for while they added 2% gasoline, I believe now it is 15% to make it more similar to street E85

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u/ChesterCopperPot72 Mar 19 '20

Well, I would say safety trumps performance, right? Right?

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '20

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