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On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 10:45 PM, Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote:
> 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