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Subject:Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)-Diesel
From:Dennis Haynes
Date:Sun, 1 Sep 2013 02:21:35 -0400

My motor home lost an easy mpg on the ultra-low sulfur stuff. And I have
paid almost $1.00 gallon more for it than regular gasoline while traveling.
Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
KIM BRENNAN
Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 10:20 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Bad fuel economy (solution)

FWIW, I've seen (across 7 cars) a 10% reduction in fuel economy for the gas
with 10% alcohol.
Only in my camper was it a 20% reduction.
This evening I confirmed, that with 10% alcohol gas, the fuel economy is
only 11-12mpg, as opposed to 15-16mpg on pure gas.

On Aug 30, 2013, at 4:06 PM, Timmy Evens <monkey_lips@YAHOO.COM> wrote:

> the btu's in a gallon of 10 % ethanol isn't much different than straight
gas.  would not attribute to alcohol. maybe maybe bad O2 sensor?
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