Ethanol Corrosion

[Secondz]

What about the new flex fuel cars? That say you can run e85 or normal pump?

[Graves]

What about the new flex fuel cars? That say you can run e85 or normal pump?

Flex fuel motors are equipped to run E85, like mentioned previously they have a whole different fuel system and compression I believe.

And to my knowledge and searching there is no fuel stabilizer for alcohol based fuels on the market.

[chi town brat]

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[Graves]

TY mods

Now back to the topic

EPA announces E15 Partial Waiver Decision and Pump Labeling Proposal | Fuels and Fuel Additives | US EPA

http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy03osti/32206.pdf

Delay Is Sought in Raising Ethanol Blend in Gasoline - NYTimes.com

FT.com / US & Canada - EPA raises limit for ethanol blend in petrol

Petition the EPA - To stop increase of E10 to E15.

[senor honda]

Chi Town,
Thanks for the Sta-bil info update.
The last sentence of my original post said to post up if you know something.

I sincerely appreciate the people on TR who know something.-Bob