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MEXICOWANDERER
Explorer
Mar 11, 2014

Ethanol Gasoline Emissions Study I SMELL A RAT

I have been trying to locate a laboratory grade emissions study report listing ANY AND ALL EMISSIONS as given off by the use of 100% gasoline versus various blending percentages of ethanol into gasoli...
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down_home
Explorer II
Mar 14, 2014
The little black car gets about 18mpg, driven typically.
The ethanol blend kicks it down to about 15, near as I figure, according to the display. I never have 100 ethanol, in the tank so hard to pin it down exactly.
It makes the car stumble, if you are cruising and nail it. I don't like that atall. Ethanol burns hotter and that won't do valves etc any good.

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