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Old 10-18-2010, 08:01 PM   #243 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by UFO View Post
Nerys,

You are wrong when you say your car is not designed to run on E10. 10% ethanol does not change the fuel properties that much, and ethanol runs just fine in SI engines, even with low compression and retarded timing such as yours must have. My long past 1976 Civic ran just fine on it.

As long as the octane rating is comparable, the most mileage loss you should expect from a properly tuned engine burning E10 is 1-2%.
You are 100% correct.

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Originally Posted by Nerys View Post
The data says its the fuel. I am right and you are wrong until you can show me data to the contrary. Please do so now.
Spoken like a true 5 year old.
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Originally Posted by Nerys View Post
this also does NOT explain why they all run "just fine" when I STOP using E10 and use E0.
Maybe the problem is with the nut behind the wheel.