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sworrall

Posted 4/2/2019 3:18 PM (#934417 - in reply to #934387)
Subject: Re: THE best fuel for your engine....

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4amuskie - 4/2/2019 7:22 AM

VMS - 4/1/2019 10:02 PM

kjgmh - 4/1/2019 12:13 PM

Sorry, readily absorb water is the correct term I guess, not attract. If ethanol doesn't cause any of these problems, why does no outboard manufacture allow the use of E15? E10 is touted as a great fuel, but E15 isn't allowed? Or even E85? It is due to the properties of ethanol and the fact that components cant handle it.

The correct term is "bonds" with the water... There is no chemical reaction taking place but what is called hydrogen bonding...

I'm sure every manufacturer out there is putting their engines through E15 testing, and My gut would say that testing is going to take a couple of years to complete.

Steve

Seems like such a waste for something that has no ill effects on fuel systems...lol
Why dont vehicles burn 100% ethanol instead of 85%? Hmmmm Liquor lobby maybe?
I sure wish they would put those corn popping commercials back on promoting flex fuel cars. lol

There are engines built to run on 100% alcohol based fuels, and mods some super performance engine builders use to extract every ounce of power they can out of e85. Then there's methanol (wood alcohol) and Indy cars and Nitromethane in the dragsters and funny cars. Unreal power and speed, but not at the efficiency we would want unless crude oil prices make it so, which will happen from time to time.

Believe it or not NASCAR vehicles are reported to run on 110-octane leaded gasoline. Edit: That apparently changed a few years back, see VMS post below.

The answer to your question is available to you, look into the formulation of e85, listing all the chemicals in that fuel.

Short List: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gasoline_additives#Additives

Start looking at labels around the house. Ethanol is an ingredient in hundreds of products.

VMS is correct on the testing. Also, e15 formulation changes season to season and the additives can make a difference. Look into that, too, it's interesting as the season can generate what the sticker on the pump says.

Lots of odd stuff. Today I filled my car with e15 at a discount of about a dime pg, and all winter the discount was a nickle pg.

Mercury recently introduced an outboard that runs on propane (5 HP). That's cool for sure, and I'm interested in what happens to the water that's produced during a propane burn.