Originally Posted by
Mekanic
people should buy some of the ethanol test kits. There have been several people testing E10 at the pump and seeing as high as a 40% ethanol content.
E10 may be okay, I don't think so, I'd rather not have the shit in my fuel, but at 40% concentration on a car not so designed. NO ONE can argue that this is a bad thing.
that brings up a good point... how is the ethanol mixed with the gas. I'm assuming it is just dumped in, stired around some, and its ready to go. What keeps it from seperating? I'm also wondering how fast it seperates. That would explain why one tank is so much worse than another. If you got a tank full of e40 then you would really run like shit compared to say e8.
also, with the water absorbtion, how do gas stations keep water out of the tanks to begin with? Unless there is something in the tank that I don't know about, they don't try all that hard. I've seen tanks getting filled while it was raining. normal gas and water just don't mix, so if you get your pick up set up right, you minimize the risk of picking up the water. but the ethanol basically holds onto the water...
I can only imagine how fantastic that is for our motors...