Thread: EPA implements E85 testing for 2016 model year
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Old 10-30-2014, 12:51 PM   #32 (permalink)
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My car doesn't run well on E85.

Causes a CEL, hybrid functions shut off, lean burn is screwy. Insight's engine is too tightly tuned to gasoline to run on high percent ethanol.
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