Posted by onefarmer on September 07, 2013 at 17:15:10 from (184.20.120.84):
In Reply to: NEW gas standards????? posted by JD Seller on September 07, 2013 at 14:29:08:
I have enjoyed all your posts up until this one. I'm 50 years old and have ran ethanol laced fuels since it was introduced back in the 70's.
We had one station "Admiral" that sold regahol. It was regular leaded gas (remember that stuff?) blended with 10% ethanol. I used to put it in my Pinto all the time. It made that car run a lot better, and since I could advance the timing some. It got the same mileage as 100% gas. I put almost 300,000 miles on that car. It only died because it got a leaky radiator and I didn't quite make it home before roasting the engine.
In all my stuff, I've never had to change a fuel hose, fuel filter, or had any other trouble. Maybe in a Stihl 041 chainsaw. The fuel line went to pieces back in the late 80's. But I'm not sure, might have been old age or inferior material. Put new fuel line on it and it's still going. Never had the carb apart.
I now run E85 in a 2007 Chevy 1500 when I can.
In our non-flex fuel Taurus, I have been running 50% E85 and 50% regular gas. The mileage so far has dropped from 23.6 to 23.3. Not to bad.
Yes, you will get less mileage with ethanol since it has less BTU's but if the price is lower to offset that, what's the dif?
I also think it's real easy to blame anything that happens on the new thing.
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