Ethanol Blended Gas
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Originally Posted by skylolow' post='563336' date='Apr 17 2008, 08:36 PM
10% Ethanol your not really going to see difference in overall performance and minimal lower MPG (like someone else said like 2% or so).
One thing I noticed on my Lexus LS when I replaced the starter twice, was the first time 10% Ethanol blend gas was at about 25% of the gas stations around. So not to often did I fill up with Ethanol blend. Second time when I replaced the starter though I'd say during that time and currently now around 90% of the gas stations use a 10% Ethanol blend and the intake manifold had alot more gunk/deposits in it. My buddy who was helping me (car nut) said he has noticed over the last few years as the Ethanol blend became almost a standard that most cars he has worked on he notice a lot more deposits built up in the intake manifold. Though by just spraying a little carb cleaner it cleaned right up with very little work. So I'd assume if you run a fuel injector cleaner through once every few months it should keep everything squeaky clean. Which is what I do now with my BMW and Lexus.
Oh well my 2 cents from my experience.
One thing I noticed on my Lexus LS when I replaced the starter twice, was the first time 10% Ethanol blend gas was at about 25% of the gas stations around. So not to often did I fill up with Ethanol blend. Second time when I replaced the starter though I'd say during that time and currently now around 90% of the gas stations use a 10% Ethanol blend and the intake manifold had alot more gunk/deposits in it. My buddy who was helping me (car nut) said he has noticed over the last few years as the Ethanol blend became almost a standard that most cars he has worked on he notice a lot more deposits built up in the intake manifold. Though by just spraying a little carb cleaner it cleaned right up with very little work. So I'd assume if you run a fuel injector cleaner through once every few months it should keep everything squeaky clean. Which is what I do now with my BMW and Lexus.
Oh well my 2 cents from my experience.
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You will see a bit of a drop in gas mileage. That is because Ethanol does not contain the same energy that Gasoline uses. I forget the difference but ask any person with a flex fuel car. They do not spend less on E85 than Standard Petro. They pay less per fill up (chicagoland is about .50 per gallon) but they have to fill up more.
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