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Anyone use e 85 in your vehicles?I wouldn’t use it in my bikes but what about in cars,any mileage difference?
No. But I use plain 87 in all my cars, even my Corvette that specifies 91 (but can accept 87 which BTW is true for all cars sold here). Guess what? My Corvette can't tell the difference. Nothing, nada, runs the same. Do I do it because I'm cheap? Perhaps, but I don't like to be foolish either.
I've been going well out of my normal way to fill the bikes w/"93" ethanol-free gas.
I know I keep saying this, but I've been running E10 in everything (it's mandated at the pump) in chainsaws, garden tractors, everything. Never a problem even after a year of sitting.I tried "ethanol free", I thought it was a complete waste of money.
I use Ethanol free when I can find, no matter the cost. I have several stations close to where I live, so that isn't an issue finding it local. when traveling that can become an issue, so I use pure gas app when away from home. Price doesn't factor in for me. Diesel is a lot more expensive and I just dropped over a hundred to fill the truck up today.I run pure gas in my bike, outboards, lawnmower and weed eater.Old head
Most modern cars will adapt to the fuel used. It wont feel much or any different, but will make less HP because of the tuning changes the systems make. I ran E85 in my Grand Caravan once. MPG was much worse as could be expected but the engine management did perk up the power a noticeable amount. I know a few that built their hot cars to burn it. Allows them to run higher compression, and more aggressive timing in the engine, and is much more common and cheaper then race fuel.
I wouldn't think when traveling that it would matter. More than likely, you'll burn through the gas tank in less than a day's drive.The worst thing is dirty gas that might clog a fuel filter. Going to gas stations with lots of traffic would suggest that the gas is clean and replaced frequently.
I thought about the "power" differences of 87 vs 91 for my Corvette. I honestly can't feel any difference. I blindly paid for the expensive stuff until I saw that TV show "Engine Masters". They put the Chevy LS3 engine on a dyno and ran both fuels and the power output was identical. And back to my point above, 87 is bound to be the cleaner fuel since it's pumped as a greater volume. So far as ethanol, given a choice I avoid it but not to the point of going to another station.
Oh ya, its really not going to be enough to really feel in normal driving. A lot comes down to how the engine is tuned to run. A modern engine will adjust timing, and fuel management if it senses any detonation. If your not riding that edge its not going to effect anything. And ya, for a daily I would take fresh E10 over old E free. I do use E free on my bike mostly because sadly it does sit a lot. In my use it does last a lot longer while sitting, and I use it in my gas powered equipment, and it allows me to forgo draining everything in the off season. When I am on trips I use whatever. Also early in the season I dont worry about it because I know it wont sit that long.
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