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Old 05-05-2011, 01:35 PM   #24 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by abogart View Post
The only thing I really worry about is the rumored corrosiveness that ethanol supposedly has on fuel system components. I watched this video in which a couple of mechanics tore apart a non-flex-fuel vehicle that had been run on E85 and showed no signs of degradation. However this video is sponsored by a pro-ethanol organization, so I'm not sure how much credibility it actually deserves.
It's not rumored corrosiveness, it's real.

Some fuel systems can take it because they are made to be ethanol resistent, others aren't and they can't take much ethanol.
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