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Nerys · 10-19-2010, 08:39 AM

Well all I gave you was my years and miles of experience.

Lets get serious here. Do you think I am lying? that I am making all this up? for what reason? I have better things to do than dicker around with my fuel.

This all started with my van. One day it suddenly started getting 13mpg. We could find no mechanical reason for it.

Then it "just goes away" after a few times I notice the sticker on the pump. I research this ethanol stuff online and start avoiding those stations.

Van goes back to 19mpg

Over time There are no more E0 stations they all become E10 now it stays at 13mpg.

So tell me what I did wrong?

I have a 74 Thing. I am VERY afraid to put E10 in it. I am encourage by your running your 73 on it but still fear for any of the rubber/plastic parts.

I have an 82 Goldwing. it REALLY does not like E10. sputters and runs rough. Runs "audibly smoother" when I use E0. now the gold wing uses carburators so I should be able to adjust the jets to handle the E10 better right?

In my metro. I wash some gas. FE jumps from 46 to 51 or so. I stop using the washed gas it goes back to 46. What did I do wrong? SO I drive up and get some E0

every time I switch to E0 I get around 55mpg every time I switch back to E10 I get 46mpg

again what did I do wrong? even my BEST driving on the hottest summer days on mostly highway no trailer driving the best I can do on E10 is 54mpg.

Tell me what I am doing wrong? Give me suggestions on what I could be doing wrong? Give me wild guesses on what I could be doing wrong to see such clear cut huge differences with E0 and E10.

The engines appear to be fine. I just rebuilt one. Compression is good. Sensors are good. Vac is good. Coking is good.

My Mechanic can not find a thing wrong with them.

On top of that what could possibly happen in this universe to DIRECTLY and IDENTICALLY effect 10 different engines at the exact same time besides a change in FUEL ? Especially when switching back to the "old" fuel instantly corrects the aberration?

what else do you want me to check? I am willing to check pretty much anything that is within my means to do so to get to the bottom of this.

10-19-2010, 08:39 AM	#256 (permalink)
Nerys Grrr :-) Join Date: May 2008 Location: Levittown PA Posts: 800 Cherokee - '88 Jeep Cherokee 90 day: 19.44 mpg (US) Ryo-Ohki - '94 Geo Metro Xfi 90 day: 50.15 mpg (US) Vger 2 - '00 Plymouth Grand Voyager SE Ninja - '89 Geo Tracker 90 day: 30.27 mpg (US) Thanks: 12 Thanked 31 Times in 25 Posts	Well all I gave you was my years and miles of experience. Lets get serious here. Do you think I am lying? that I am making all this up? for what reason? I have better things to do than dicker around with my fuel. This all started with my van. One day it suddenly started getting 13mpg. We could find no mechanical reason for it. Then it "just goes away" after a few times I notice the sticker on the pump. I research this ethanol stuff online and start avoiding those stations. Van goes back to 19mpg Over time There are no more E0 stations they all become E10 now it stays at 13mpg. So tell me what I did wrong? I have a 74 Thing. I am VERY afraid to put E10 in it. I am encourage by your running your 73 on it but still fear for any of the rubber/plastic parts. I have an 82 Goldwing. it REALLY does not like E10. sputters and runs rough. Runs "audibly smoother" when I use E0. now the gold wing uses carburators so I should be able to adjust the jets to handle the E10 better right? In my metro. I wash some gas. FE jumps from 46 to 51 or so. I stop using the washed gas it goes back to 46. What did I do wrong? SO I drive up and get some E0 every time I switch to E0 I get around 55mpg every time I switch back to E10 I get 46mpg again what did I do wrong? even my BEST driving on the hottest summer days on mostly highway no trailer driving the best I can do on E10 is 54mpg. Tell me what I am doing wrong? Give me suggestions on what I could be doing wrong? Give me wild guesses on what I could be doing wrong to see such clear cut huge differences with E0 and E10. The engines appear to be fine. I just rebuilt one. Compression is good. Sensors are good. Vac is good. Coking is good. My Mechanic can not find a thing wrong with them. On top of that what could possibly happen in this universe to DIRECTLY and IDENTICALLY effect 10 different engines at the exact same time besides a change in FUEL ? Especially when switching back to the "old" fuel instantly corrects the aberration? what else do you want me to check? I am willing to check pretty much anything that is within my means to do so to get to the bottom of this. Last edited by Nerys; 10-19-2010 at 08:47 AM..