Originally Posted by
freakasis
define "right after" .even though alcohol is a solvent its not gonna work that fast. they were messed up to begin with and would have failed soon anyway. alcohol might not have had anything to do with it. but if it did its not 100% to blame. most rubbers that are designed to withstand gasoline will withstand alcohol just the same. not to mention alcohol has been used in our gasoline for like 20 years. maybe before the labeling was mandated, maybe not. i dont know for sure, but i know i have have been using nothing but E10 for over a year (3 separate cars) and have experianced no problems. my gas milage may have dropped a lil but if it did i have not noticed and i watch my milage very closely. i was even able to get 42 mpg out of a stock civic during that time period.
I defined "right after" was 1/2 tank after I bought some E10, motor had 45k on it.
Rubbers designed for gasoline are not designed for ethanol. FlexFuel vehicles arent just equipped with a sensor to measure alcohol content and adjust timing as needed. They have a stainless fuel tank, teflon coated fuel lines, different injectors, different o rings, different intake manifold gaskets, different spark plugs, and different O2 sensors.
SO. How am I expected to run this in a vehicle not equipped with such things? The manufacturers feel they are needed to safely run ethanol fuels, and you know damn well a car company wouldn't add money to a vehicle where they don't have to.
You can run it all you like, and you can eat the costs of less mileage, lower performance, and more frequent repairs. I choose not to.