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Subject:E15 Coming & the Wasserboxer
From:Anthony Egeln
Date:Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:00:48 -0700

The following is a quote from an email I received from the Environmental Working
Group (EWG):

"Gasoline stations will soon begin selling E15, a blend of conventional 
gasoline with up to 15 percent ethanol 

from corn. The Environmental 
Protection Agency approved the E15 blend for use in vehicles 
manufactured 

after 2000. It runs hotter and is more corrosive than pure 
gasoline or E10 - gasoline plus 10 percent ethanol. 

Using E15 could void some vehicle and off-road engine warranties."

Will anyone running a stock wasserboxer be affected by this change in our fuel? � Obvously the stock wasserboxer 

was built/designed before 2000.

Apparently Congress will soon vote on a bill that will relieve the oil companies from liability in damages
caused by the use of E15.� I suppose that is inevitable if it was Congress that allowed the production of
this fuel.

If it will damage the wasserboxer and the fuel management system, what can we do?� I can't imagine that
there will be a separate pump with E10 or straight gas; except at the neighborhood marina perhaps.

Cheers, Anthony
'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo)

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