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Originally Posted by Nerys
I am reluctant to do long term "washing" until I can figure out the ramifications to my engines.
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And on the environment, as I wonder what E10 gas-washers do with their
"cleaning fluid" once it's polluted with both ethanol and fuel.
I'm wondering why your quite significant changes in FE are not accepted at face value, while mods resulting in smaller changes in FE are promoted based on similar user experiences and tests.
It is widely known that Flexfuel cars have a significantly higher fuel consumption on E85 than on regular gas - despite the fact that those cars have their ECU's programmed to run on higher (and variable) ethanol content.
So why is it so absurd to state that this increase in fuel consumption also occurs at a lower ethanol content in cars that were never intended to run partly on ethanol ?
It's not absurd, it is to be expected !
With E85, the environmental benefit doesn't come from using less fuel, the gains are made by using a renewable fuel.