No-one adds more ethanol to their gas than absolutely necessary by federal
regulation because ethanol is expensive and this includes Arco. And BTW E85
(85% ethanol) is cheaper only because it's Federally subsidized but when you
factor in the 20% loss in mileage it's still more expensive than gas.

And BTW if you think gas runs like crap now, the current administration
tried to push ethanol up from 10% to 20% a couple of years ago. If this
happens we might as well part most of our older cars including Vanagons
because FI system older than about 5 years ago don't have the adjustment
range to burn the stuff. They will run too lean.

Carbureted cars can be re-jetted.

Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Jim Arnott
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2012 12:28 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Arco Lies!!!

On Feb 4, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:

>
>
> The only thing trucked in is the ethanol that's mixed with your gas.

Key phrase....

ethanol = fewer BTU/gal of fuel = "crap gas"

Everybody's got to add ethanol to fuel these days (oxygenated fuel).
Arco just 'oxygenates' more that is required. (IMHO)

Jim
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