I run ethanol exclusively so I can't tell you if it hurts the mileage or not, except for the 92 S-10 four cylinder. I record every drop of gas that goes into it for no special reason. I just do it. A year ago or so I switched the S-10 to regular gasoline for five tankfulls in a row or about fifteen hundred miles. There was no difference in mileage, but this is only one case with one vehicle. Except for a 76 Plymouth that I once owned, I've had zero problems with fuel systems on any of my gas vehicles.
This fall I decided to quit using my 550 gallon gas barrel that dad bought new in the middle sixties. It has been used exclusively for gasoline the whole time and the last ten years it's held 10% ethanol but only a half fill at a time because I don't use it that fast anymore. It had always had an electric pump on top of it so it never was sucked completely dry and I don't ever remember the drain plug being removed. It also had a vacuum/pressure type of cap on the fill hole if that means anything.
After the barrel was pumped dry I did remove the drain plug and expected to get a 45 year collection of rust and water, but to my surprise the ten gallons or so that came out was clean and water free. The last couple of quarts of gas was rusty but that was about all there was.
I caught the gas in a couple of pails and poured it straight into a couple of tractors using a funnel with a screen to catch the few chunks that were there. The sediment bulbs on those tractors collected no water at all and they ran fine. Just a little example of the cleaning abilities that E10 has, whether it be good or bad. Jim
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