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Old 11-26-2010, 10:41 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX (Bellaire)
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Ethanol destroys your engine: The Great Ethanol Scam - BusinessWeek
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Old 11-26-2010, 12:34 PM
 
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Interesting, thanks for the link. Assuming what article said is accurate, it's just another example of how corrupt politics is. You would think though, that by now, automotive industry would use materials in their engine that does not degrade with ethanol. At 10% alcohol, it's not too strong of a solvent, but with long term exposure to the wrong type or thin plastics, it could be very damaging. Scary to know that some gas stations in article had more like 18% ethanol.
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Old 11-27-2010, 07:25 AM
 
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Get ready to have a higher % of Ethanol soon. Lobbiest are trying for 15% or more.
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Old 11-27-2010, 07:31 AM
 
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Interesting, thanks for the link. Assuming what article said is accurate, it's just another example of how corrupt politics is. You would think though, that by now, automotive industry would use materials in their engine that does not degrade with ethanol. At 10% alcohol, it's not too strong of a solvent, but with long term exposure to the wrong type or thin plastics, it could be very damaging. Scary to know that some gas stations in article had more like 18% ethanol.

What article?
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Old 11-27-2010, 10:38 AM
 
Location: Clear Lake, Houston TX
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My ride just rolled over to 200,000 miles. I'd say about 140k of that was with the E-10. When they switched over there was no drop in economy but it did drive different when cold for the first 5 minutes. Anyway, no evidence of corrosion here, and still runs like a top. But I've been using Valero/Shamrock gas about 99% of the time for the past 10 years. Not sure of that matters vs gas from the no-name stations, but I will keep doing it. I believe this is mostly political, but as a former shop tech/manager, talk about E-15 does concern me.
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Old 11-27-2010, 02:59 PM
 
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Gas is all the same except Shell. Their gas makes funny bubbly noises. And it'd nothing but politics, farmers have HUGE lobbiest. More ethanol in gas means more subsidies since they have to turn more crop into Ethanol.
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Old 11-27-2010, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Houston
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Gas is all the same except Shell. Their gas makes funny bubbly noises. And it'd nothing but politics, farmers have HUGE lobbiest. More ethanol in gas means more subsidies since they have to turn more crop into Ethanol.
You might want to check the brand of gas..."funny bubbly noises" is usually a symptom of putting champagne in your engine. While Shell gas doesn't taste like champagne, its probably the equivalent of putting a champagne quality gas in your car.
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