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I may start using shell... I use chevron and 76 right now... when I lived in memphis all I used was BP.
Don't be sad. Ethanol will be a very good thing for us.Mooneggs wrote:I'm pretty sure all gas sold in Oregon now contains 10% Ethanol... they are trying to pass a law to make it 20%![]()
that's a joke right?Inodoro Pereyra wrote:Don't be sad. Ethanol will be a very good thing for us.Mooneggs wrote:I'm pretty sure all gas sold in Oregon now contains 10% Ethanol... they are trying to pass a law to make it 20%![]()
not just older engines, read last link I've posted in my previous post. Ethanol destroys fuel pumps even in new cars93vtecklr wrote:Care to explain? I thought that the more ethanol, the more problems with older engines?
Yes you can. There are several Brazilians right here, and they speak English. One that comes to mind is Miguelitto.mitmaks wrote:I can't ask Brazilians for simple reason is that I do not speak any Portuguese. I'm sorry, I wish I could talk to them![]()
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Could that be faulty engineering on the part of MINI? Or just poorly made mixture?mitmaks wrote:not just older engines, read last link I've posted in my previous post. Ethanol destroys fuel pumps even in new cars93vtecklr wrote:Care to explain? I thought that the more ethanol, the more problems with older engines?
Nope. Engineers at a Swedish car manufacturer (I don't remember if it was Saab or Volvo) did a comparison a few years ago. Two identical SUVs, one with a gasoline engine, the other one with the same engine modified to run exclusively on E100. The E100 engine showed more power, and a 18% increase in gas mileage.onlytrueromeo wrote:Ethanol is only good for those who have higher compression engines or are running big turbos. It has been proven to lower gas mileage across the board, so the 10-20% ethanol sucks, unless it is reducing the price enough to compensate.
E85 or 100% ethanol would be good if the majority of us could take advantage of it...but since we don't all have turbo's or 15:1 CR, we're just losing power and mileage.
Like I said, ask the Brazilians. They have much more experience than both of us combined.mitmaks wrote:no argument that pure ethanol would be nice on RACE CARS ONLY. Afterall I do have cobra that's s/c and I run it on race gas. However I wouldn't dare put regular 10% gas in it, unless I want to see it blow up.