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Old May 27, 2008 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by homemade wrx
wow, a bit angry and at the wrong people...
anyhow, rotary motors will have more issue adapting to fuel containing ethanol just because of the fuel's burn rate. A rotary has a very short period of duration for combustion (typically referred to as constant volume combustion...think of dwell) in comparions to a piston motor.

I see you also lost, probably 2-3 mpg (guessing tank size). Right?

I don't know why Mazda has issued the warning for rotary motors, be it fuel system, the engine internals themselves or just because the motor will have issues running (idling could become a PITA). Anyone know more on the bulletin, as I'm intersted.
you'd have to check out the mazda tech, thats where it was being discussed... I'll have to see if I can find it again and link it over to here...

but see, I've been saying 30 miles less to the tank, and on average, thats right around 2 mpg. 2 mpg seems to be ok with everyone, but for some reason, 30 miles less to the tank is just beyond reasonable...
did I miss something in there?
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