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Posted by K.B.-826 on July 19, 2006 at 19:37:32 from (68.115.88.164):
In Reply to: Re: Again E85 posted by Brent in IA on July 19, 2006 at 18:35:44:
I agree with you 100%. It could take two weeks for these problems to show up, could take two years, but they will happen. It is a known fact that E85 does not agree with fuel systems not designed for it. I guess I don't see what's being proven by running E85 in an M. We already know the engine will start and run on it. We know E85 is cheaper to buy, but is it really worth the chance of fuel system problems? The average M these days burns mabey 200 gallons of fuel per year. That's $600 of $3.00 gasoline, or $500 of $2.50 E85. Not much left over if you have to rebuild the carb. I guess you could always argue that we are working to become independent of Mideast oil and that hopefully we will be very soon, but that's a non-issue until somone finds a reliable way to retrofit the fuel system on older machines to be E85 compatible. All of this aside, I am in favor of burning as little Mideast oil as possible, and that my next vehicle will probably be E85 compatible. I wish the automotive industry would open thier eyes and start doing what the farm equipment industry has been doing for the last 40 years- put diesel engines in everything. 40+ miles to the gallon would be an everyday thing.
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