goldseeker
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Message Posted: May 22, 2012 7:06:08 AM
"Obviously ethanol is bad for your vehicle corrodes everything literally."
Obviously you do not have a clue. If you want to use sea foam and throw your money away, then go ahead.
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antiguzzle
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Message Posted: May 22, 2012 2:06:08 AM
"Hey everyone I have a question. Where can you find ethanol free gasoline in South Bend and Mishawaka. Obviously ethanol is bad for your vehicle corrodes everything literally."
---You are correct in that higher levels of ethanol can cause problems in your car. As far as E10 is concerned, the main problem it causes is simply loss of fuel economy.
Go here for pure gasoline:
Pure-gas.org
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rumbleseat
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Message Posted: May 21, 2012 11:27:37 PM
"Obviously ethanol is bad for your vehicle corrodes everything literally."
Yeah, apparently batteries only last 5 to 10 years when you burn E10, and don't talk to me about tires, some people using ethanol blends had to replace tires after only 70,000 miles!
Sheesh, why do people still fall for those stories? We have had E10 available for over 30 years, and I have used it in cars as old as 1974, with NO problems.
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gamechanger2011
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Message Posted: May 21, 2012 11:24:54 PM
And check this recent article out....
"Reduced metal fatigue
Mendoza offered the briefing at a roundtable meeting organized Friday in Washington by the US Navy, Department of Agriculture and Department of Energy, attended by high level government officials, congressional staff, and fuel industry executives. Mendoza said that the Wright-Patterson tests had shown that renewable fuels were lowering engine temperatures by 135 degrees, owing to absence of impurities found in conventional fossil fuels.
When those impurities burn, he explained, it causes high temperatures to radiate throughout the engine, causing an acceleration in metal fatigue. “At the temperatures that military jet engine perform at, an additional 25 degrees in temperature can shorten the life of the engine by half,” Mendoza said. He added that the preliminary data showed that engine parts could last up to 10 times longer, if the new high performance fuels were employed in place of conventional fossil fuels.
Metal weakening from sustained high temperatures, as most readers will recall, resulted in the collapse of three World Trade Center buildings following the 9/11 terrorist attacks."
[Edited by: gamechanger2011 at 5/21/2012 11:30:34 PM EST]
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gamechanger2011
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Message Posted: May 21, 2012 11:20:04 PM
Cletus46545....so sorry but you have been misinformed. Ethanol is an oxygenate. It also burns cleaner and cooler then gasoline."How Ethanol Works
Ethanol helps keep engines clean, too. It burns more completely and at a slightly cooler temperature than gasoline. This means longer spark plug life and fewer combustion deposits. Ethanol burns well because it is an oxygenate, meaning that ethanol molecules contain oxygen. Oxygen atoms inside ethanol join forces with oxygen molecules in the air to help ethanol burn more completely. This extra amount of oxygen also helps gasoline burn better when it is blended with ethanol. Better combustion is an important factor leading to fewer harmful emissions. A blend containing 10% ethanol and 90% gasoline (called E10) can reduce carbon monoxide emissions from older vehicles by as much as 25%.
Emissions of smog-producing hydro- carbons, soot particles, and toxic and ozone-producing chemicals are reduced, as well. You may be aware of E10 without realizing it. The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 specify that a certain amount of oxygen be added to gasoline, in the form of an oxygenate like ethanol, when it is intended for sale in congested urban areas where cars and trucks emit carbon monoxide in unhealthy amounts. The purpose of the regulation is to reduce production of this pollutant through better fuel combustion, particularly in the wintertime when carbon monoxide levels tend to skyrocket. To learn whether you live in one of these regions of the United States, look for signs on gas pumps that say the gasoline being dispensed is 10% ethanol."US Dept of Energy/Ethanol just the basics
[Edited by: gamechanger2011 at 5/21/2012 11:21:04 PM EST]
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