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Location: Elk River, Minnesota | Hi Everyone,
Being that your engine is a 96, there is no reason you cannot run an ethanol blend of fuel in your system. The lines will all be alcohol resistant. Lots of things being said here...gets old when people keep bringing up the problems of the past when ethanol first started coming out and the engines out there were not equipped to handle it. That all got started in the 80's.... Now...your engines have been designed to run on 87 octane with the ethanol in it. No worry about using it....it will not hurt your engine. If your engine is dirty, it could help clean it out some as well.
The ONLY thing you don't want to do is let ehtanol sit unstabilized for long long periods of time. Since alcohol is present, it will absorb water, and the water will settle to the bottom of your tank and that will be the first thing through the engine.
So...go ahead and use ethanol. If you are unsure, do a quick search online for an online owner's manual and look it up. If it says to run 90 octane, then run 90. If it says to run 87, then run 87. Going higher octane you get a smoother burn, but no more power from it, so all you are doing, really is throwing the extra money away.
Many will argue with this premise too...
Steve |
