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Old 01-22-2010, 12:19 AM   #144 (permalink)
Unforgiven
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Impala - '04 Chevrolet Impala base
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The never ending debate of ethanol... gotta love it (coughs and hacks up a hairball)

Personally, after my years of wrenching and trying to keep up on things after I quit wrenching, and my own experiences with nearly 30 different vehicle types (9 personal, rest are rentals) I have to say that the use of ethanol is not worth it. In one case, the single tank of ethanol fuel caused a then new 2006 Chevy Trailblazer to lose its fuel pump (E85 fuel) Please note that the owner's manual did claim this was a flex fuel vehicle, and as such, should have been happy with E85.... not!!

I feel for you on the issue of trying to find non-ethanol fuel in your area, and hope you are able to in the near future (if you have not done so already as I did not read thru all this thread...lol) Good luck!
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