Centripetal
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In the defense of the Companies producing flex-fuel kits, they were buying fuel hose rated for Ethanol. They are working to make it right.Companies responsible for the kits should be supplying us with proper fuel lines. Thanks @Hondata for the information.
A lot of the industry is having supplier issues. In addition, Gates might not be at fault either. It's completely possible (still speculation) that their supplier decided to add a little filler to plastic (PA aka Nylon) to make it easier to process the PPA (or to make more money). PPA is completely resistant to all the chemicals in ethanol blended gasoline (E85). However, PA has really poor chemical resistance against Xylene. The amount of Xylene in E85 can vary from 0-5%.
Perhaps, sharing some of my sympathy will enhance your empathy. The company I used to work for made a part that went in the dash. One day, we started getting customer complaints that the color looked funny during sunrise and sunset. Furthermore, their friend that has the same car does not have this life threatening issue. We were caught by surprise because all incoming material passed our quality tests. Consequently, the supplier changed the material composition without telling us—most likely to make more money. As a result, we had to add another incoming inspection test to ensure quality.
As I said in another post, you shouldn't judge the flex-fuel kit companies because turds roll down hill.
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