Re: e-85 fuel

Posted by Gerald J. on May 29, 2005 at 21:04:15 from (67.0.109.100):

In Reply to: e-85 fuel posted by n8terry on May 29, 2005 at 20:55:32:

I don't see that 10% loss using e-10. My truck runs smoother on E-10. I use E-10 most all the time in Iowa. Its cheaper than straight gasoline. The computer controls the injectors just fine.

Unless your vehicle is a Flex Fuel Vehicle, you don't burn e-85 in it without the chances of doing damage. It does take more and the injectors can't supply enough at full throttle. Leaning the mixture can burn pistons. Then E-85 can be harder on gaskets in the fuel system.

5 years ago UTex converted a Chevy truck and the main change was larger volume injectors. They also changed some of the gaskets and moved the fuel pump out of the gas tank and added a better flame arrestor for the filler opening believeing that the atmosphere above the fuel with e-85 was more combustible than that above gasoline.

EPA and CARB don't want vehicles to be converted to run on E-85 because they think the emissions will be made worse but they like factory option e-85 vehicles.

More than ecomonics is the principle of not burning imported gasoline. Burning e-85 (or e-10) is good for us corn farmers.

Gerald J.

Follow Ups:

• Re: e-85 fuel Jon H 22:42:41 05/29/05 (1)
  • Re: e-85 fuel edchainsaw 20:55:31 05/30/05 (0)

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