E85 Gas gets more HP...wow

[RyanbabZ71]

I have run E85 98% of the time for 5 years (over 3 yrs exclusively E85) and haven't had any additional maintenance whatsoever

 

 

Ryan

[RyanbabZ71]

I would suggest running a few tanks not switching back and forth as the truck will not "get used to it". Takes a few tanks to flush too. Switching back and forth won't hurt anything

 

 

Ryan

[Ventilator]

I used e85 fuel almost exclusively the first two years I had it, but back then I had a station selling it just 11 miles away. Now it's more like 30 miles to an e85 station, but since my closest Home Depot is also there I always fill it up. Even if the cost-per-mile isn't in your favor, it is still a better product than dirty gasoline. Runs cooler, cleaner and it's American made....can't go wrong there!

Just E10 messes up the carburators on small engines, and why I have no trust in Ethanol. Something I would like to trust, but don't at this point. I live in thhe land of corn and soybeans. I do like the idea that my truck can burn E85 if I need to.

[Northside]

I hear that E-10 will harm carbs and other parts on small engines all the time. A guy I know preaches the harm it will do and how the politicians are forcing us to ruin our vehicles. Ironically I ride Harleys and one has a 45 mm Mikuni carburetor. In Colorado we get E-10 all year long and my carb still hasn't corroded and performs flawlessly on my highly modded engine. I guess something must be wrong with me. I hear all these horror stories about ethanol, run E-10 in my bikes, and E-85 in my truck and they run great. No issues at all, nor have the guys I ride with. The only negative I've experienced with E-10 is a small decrease in mileage.

[Brian S.]

I definitely like the "made in America" aspect of E85.

[RyanbabZ71]

I hear that E-10 will harm carbs and other parts on small engines all the time. A guy I know preaches the harm it will do and how the politicians are forcing us to ruin our vehicles. Ironically I ride Harleys and one has a 45 mm Mikuni carburetor. In Colorado we get E-10 all year long and my carb still hasn't corroded and performs flawlessly on my highly modded engine. I guess something must be wrong with me. I hear all these horror stories about ethanol, run E-10 in my bikes, and E-85 in my truck and they run great. No issues at all, nor have the guys I ride with. The only negative I've experienced with E-10 is a small decrease in mileage.

 

 

Ryan

[kstruckcountry]

I definitely like the "made in America" aspect of E85.

What do you think the combine that picks the corn runs on? What do you think the discing/planting tractor runs on? Or the truck that hauls it to the plant? Or the pivot that pumps the 700 gallons of water per bushel of corn produced? All foreign oil.

[Brian S.]

What do you think the combine that picks the corn runs on? What do you think the discing/planting tractor runs on? Or the truck that hauls it to the plant? Or the pivot that pumps the 700 gallons of water per bushel of corn produced? All foreign oil.

 

Eh, you can make that argument about anything though. (E.G. Where do you think they get the oil to make the plastic parts in your Chevy truck? GM doesn't weave the seats at the assembly plant, where to they get the gas to ship the seat covers?")

 

I'm just glad the main component of the manufacturing process is from American farmers, and it's manufactured here by American workers. Drive a Chevy truck, a Dodge Challenger, and Alumacraft boat for the same reasons. My dad grew up on a farm, my mom and her siblings still own a little farmland.

[Brian S.]

I hear that E-10 will harm carbs and other parts on small engines all the time. A guy I know preaches the harm it will do and how the politicians are forcing us to ruin our vehicles. Ironically I ride Harleys and one has a 45 mm Mikuni carburetor. In Colorado we get E-10 all year long and my carb still hasn't corroded and performs flawlessly on my highly modded engine. I guess something must be wrong with me. I hear all these horror stories about ethanol, run E-10 in my bikes, and E-85 in my truck and they run great. No issues at all, nor have the guys I ride with. The only negative I've experienced with E-10 is a small decrease in mileage.

The parts on your Harley are probably OK for E10 as motorcycle/car/now boat motor makers are aware of the E10, and have been for a while.

 

The main danger is with smaller engines, especially ones that sit long enough for the gas and oil to separate.

 

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/10/10sep27d.cfm

 

Flex fuel vehicles are made to run on almost straight ethanol, so the parts are made of different materials.

[kstruckcountry]

I understand how you're thinking, but about 40% of the corn crop goes to ethanol. If that ground was used for wheat or beans, it could bring food prices down, or even raise hay, making milk and beef cheaper. Another thing to consider is water use and erosion. Other crops are more "erosion efficient" than corn.

[Northside]

The parts on your Harley are probably OK for E10 as motorcycle/car/now boat motor makers are aware of the E10, and have been for a while.

 

The main danger is with smaller engines, especially ones that sit long enough for the gas and oil to separate.

 

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/10/10sep27d.cfm

 

Flex fuel vehicles are made to run on almost straight ethanol, so the parts are made of different materials.

I run E-10 in my lawnmower in the summer and snow blower in the winter. It's all that's available around here. No problems yet. Could it be that the sky really isn't falling?

[Ventilator]

E10 killed my snowblower, weed whacker, and nearly killed my carb on my quad before I caught on to what was causing it. These are all older, well cared for, except for the gas. If your equipment is newer, they may be designed to take it?

 

Michigan does not have to post that gas has ethanol in it at the pump. Some do, but if you ask the attendant, they look at you like you have 3 heads.

 

Whenever I use my old '51 Super "C", my quad, my snowblower, or any small engine with a fuel shut off, I run them out of gas if they will not be used within a week or two. You don't want to leave that stuff sitting in your carb for any length of time.

 

So yeah, it's hard for me to even think about trusting E85, even though our trucks are supposedly "made for it".

[AzDragonLord]

There is a lot of mis-information out there about e85 fuel....mostly spread by big oil. Research and make up your own minds!

[Tqjunkie]

I hear that E-10 will harm carbs and other parts on small engines all the time. A guy I know preaches the harm it will do and how the politicians are forcing us to ruin our vehicles. Ironically I ride Harleys and one has a 45 mm Mikuni carburetor. In Colorado we get E-10 all year long and my carb still hasn't corroded and performs flawlessly on my highly modded engine. I guess something must be wrong with me. I hear all these horror stories about ethanol, run E-10 in my bikes, and E-85 in my truck and they run great. No issues at all, nor have the guys I ride with. The only negative I've experienced with E-10 is a small decrease in mileage.[/quote)in my experience the ethonol doesn't seem to hurt anything and I have no problem running it in my carbureted Harley's and in my lawn mowers generators etc,I just make sure if they are going to be sitting for any length of time I drain the carb or run them out of gas because that stuff will make a mess of a carb in short order when left to sit.

[RyanbabZ71]

E10 killed my snowblower, weed whacker, and nearly killed my carb on my quad before I caught on to what was causing it. These are all older, well cared for, except for the gas. If your equipment is newer, they may be designed to take it?

 

Michigan does not have to post that gas has ethanol in it at the pump. Some do, but if you ask the attendant, they look at you like you have 3 heads.

 

Whenever I use my old '51 Super "C", my quad, my snowblower, or any small engine with a fuel shut off, I run them out of gas if they will not be used within a week or two. You don't want to leave that stuff sitting in your carb for any length of time.

 

So yeah, it's hard for me to even think about trusting E85, even though our trucks are supposedly "made for it".

I have run it exclusively for almost 5 yrs in my truck. That's a pretty good sample

 

 

Ryan