Re: New Gas Bad, very Bad. First off, this is where the "85" comes in. It's 85% ethanol, 15% Gasoline. It is however 105 octane, but requires changes in jetting. This will result in a 5 to 15% reduction in fuel mileage. Secondly, cars built to run on it have stainless steel metal parts, or otherwise coated to stop the corrosiveness of this fuel. And, only certain types of rubber fuel lines (and probably fuel pump membrane) will disintegrate in this fuel. There is an excellent response to a tech question about this in the June 2006 issue of Hot Rod Magazine.
Re: New Gas So, with that being said, what are you going to do , to get around this issue ??---Thanks,---S.
Re: New Gas - E85 Not sure, but I think two issues are being confused here. First, E85 is intended for use only in late model cars designed as "flex fuel" vehicles. You cannot run an old vehicle on E85. Second, alot of the country is just now getting its first taste of "oxygenated gasoline", required in many urban areas for many years now. Some of the recent price increase in gasoline can be attributed to the new "blend". Ethanol has replaced MTBE as the oxygenator of choice as MTBE has proven to be an environmental disaster. There isn't alot of ethanol in oxygenated gasoline, and its been used in alot of the country with only a moderate number of complaints involving rubber and seal deterioration. Unless you want to buy race gas in a can for your car you're going to have no choice soon but to run the oxygenated gasoline.
