Mechanics see ethanol damaging small engines

Another gem from the world of ethanol. (Corn Cob Bob is from our friends at the CRFA)

Mechanics see ethanol damaging small engines - Consumer news- msnbc.com: "Rick Kitchings has been a small-engine mechanic for about 30 years, and he’s been busier than ever lately. Recently, a customer came into his shop in Savannah, Ga., with a string trimmer that had barely been used. “It looked like it just came off the showroom floor, but the motor was absolutely shot, absolutely worn out,” Kitchings said. ... Benjamin Mallisham, owner of a lawnmower repair shop in Tuscaloosa, Ala., said at least 40 percent of the lawnmower engines he repairs these days have been damaged by ethanol. 'When you put that ethanol in here, it eats up the insides or rusts them out,' Mallisham said. 'All the rubber gaskets and parts — it eats those up.'"