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Report casts doubt on E15 use in cars & trucks {Extra Ethanol in Gasoline}
Fuel Fix ^
| May 16, 2012
| Jennifer A. Dlouhy
Posted on 05/16/2012 10:42:20 AM PDT by thackney
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:42:22 AM PDT
by
thackney
To: thackney
Looking for a certain result?? Ask the government boot lickers to do the testing.
Ain't that right Mr. Gore??
To: thackney
They WANT to destroy your engine.
That way you have to buy another vehicle built by union goons.
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:49:54 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
To: Sacajaweau
An average car running 10% ethanol removes as many calories from the food chain in a year as it would take to keep two people alive for that same year. That is the caloric value of the ethanol consumed by the engine.
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:53:02 AM PDT
by
LOC1
(Let's pick the best, not settle for a compromise.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They WANT to destroy your engine.
That way you have to buy another vehicle built by union goons.
Not only that but E15, (I am told), is death to most small engines, lawnmowers and such. Imagine owning a Zero-turn mower that costs between $3K and $7K and having the engine destroyed by E15 Gas.
On the other hand there is a huge market opening up for a Gasoline additive especially formulated to keep these small engines running properly for use with E15 Gasoline.
To: E. Pluribus Unum
My ATV manual says not to use alcohol in the fuel. I had to fix the carb in my chainsaw because or the eco terrorists and their e10. Let a chain saw set in the sun and get warm and it will not start. Open the gas cap and watch the alcohol boil out. Open a 5 gallon can of gas on a hot day and it may boil over on you. Fire Hazard, not to the EPA.
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:56:36 AM PDT
by
mountainlion
(I am voting for Sarah after getting screwed again by the DC Thugs.)
To: LOC1
An average car running 10% ethanol removes as many calories from the food chain in a year as it would take to keep two people alive for that same year. I don't care for the ethanol in fuel, but it is tough to claim that was removed from the food chain. More corn is grown because of the ethanol demand and much of it first is processed for cattle feed (DDG) and the remainder used for fuel.
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:57:11 AM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: thackney
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:57:22 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: thackney
Ethanol is particularly damaging to small engines (outboards, mowers, etc...)
E10 has already destroyed my push mower and clobbered my weed-wacker (plastic fuel lines got brittle and shattered), and I haven't been able to get my chainsaw to start lately. And, I'm definitely in fear for my Evinrude 50...
So far, the riding mower seems to be OK...
&%$#^ Eco-weenies!!!!
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posted on
05/16/2012 10:58:48 AM PDT
by
TXnMA
("Allah": Satan's current alias...)
To: LOC1
How many people do you figure are kept alive by corn starch?
To: thackney
What about testing on motorcycles? E15 cannot be good for those engines.
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:02:28 AM PDT
by
sigzero
To: thackney
even the blend they sell now breaks down in month, I have to add a nine dollar can of stabilizer to every tank I fill.
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:03:21 AM PDT
by
4buttons
To: The Working Man
On the other hand there is a huge market opening up for a Gasoline additive especially formulated to keep these small engines running properly for use with E15 Gasoline. Avgas is the answer. 100LL will keep your mower happy. Good thing you never need more than a few gallons at a time...
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:03:23 AM PDT
by
Oberon
(Big Brutha Be Watchin'.)
To: mountainlion
These are government experts who are making engineering decisions, even though they were political science and psychology majors in college, since calculus was too hard. They're the best and brightest, just like the ones who knew better than Eugene Stoner and his engineering specifications for the M-16. Who cared if the government used a different powder in the ammo, since there was so much of it left over from WWII and Korea. And then there were the geniuses in government who assumed the design of a direct impingement action meant "self cleaning," so M-16s were shipped into the field without cleaning kits. Oh, and the chrome plated chambers called for in the specs? Too expensive, so get rid of it from the production models.
I wonder how many of our guys were killed in Viet Nam because of "government experts" and what they did to Eugene Stoner's M-16?
Mark
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:05:26 AM PDT
by
MarkL
(Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
To: TXnMA
No boat owners I know use E-10 without adding a stabilizer that isn’t cheap or only use ethanol free gas. A few years ago E-10 was determined to be a death sentence for many older boat motors. It later came out that it was also taking out new ones.
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:06:36 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(Liberals make unrealistic demands on reality and reality doesn't oblige them.)
To: Hillarys Gate Cult
Not only in my mower, but also my 2006 Chevy Trailblazer-and I have to fill up every 3 days.
To: mountainlion
I have experienced the boiling over a couple of times. I never realized it was due to the ethanol.
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:08:55 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag? Seriously? You're that dense?)
To: thackney
I'd have to guess that most vehicles are not rated/designed to run E-15. It will kill most older engines. You know, the ones that run like a tank.
The alcohol, aside from disturbing (slowing down) the fuel burn timing is also hygroscopic. It absorbs water into the fuel.
They took eight engines and damaged two, %25 failure rate. These are also new engines, a study does no good with used parts.
Lawnmowers need to be drained in the fall due to the additives in the gas absorbing water over the winter. Fixed many a broken mower for others by knowing this simple fact.
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:10:12 AM PDT
by
allmost
To: TXnMA
carburetors and fuel pumps with rubber diaphragms will not stand up. There is no damage to the engine itself. fuel lines are not a problem to replace on small engines. The gas tank is in close proximity to the engine and the lines are easily accessible.
To: Oberon
Maybe in the higher compression overhead valve engines. The last time I tried it in the old L-head Briggs, the lead deposits built up to the point that the valves would not shut.
LL stands for “Lots-o-lead.” (^;
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posted on
05/16/2012 11:12:21 AM PDT
by
Clay Moore
(The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of a fool to the left. Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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