[BaadAssGremlins] Re: E85 question

["blue77gremlin" <blue77gremlin@xxxxxxxxx>]

-I live in Ill too. I know a few people who are running E85. Their 
Dodge mini van dropped from 20 mpg to 16 mpg ( rough est.) This 
figures out that their are saving roughly a penny a mile( liattle 
over). A guy at work has changed all of his cars to E85. He has a 
tank at his house with E85 in it. I live with in a mile from the 
ethanol plant also. It is a big deal around here. I will ask the guy 
at work about what he changed over. E85 around here was $1.49 and 
gas is $2.06. 
                             SCOTT

-- In BaadAssGremlins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, paxiljunki <paxiljunki@xxxx> 
wrote:
> ok, this is kooky, i know, but i'm curious.  has
> anyone here used E85 (ethanol) in either a modern
> flexible fuel vehicle, or attempted to use it with
> their old 70's carborated car?
> 
> i'm in illinois where E85 is a new big thing and
> there's talk of removing the taxes on it (to help the
> farmers, yada yada).  it's available at many of my
> local gas stations and is a lot cheaper than gas. 
> according to my trusted mechanic and my chemist
> husband, converting my 78 gremlin to a flexible-fuel
> vehicle won't involve much more than installing larger
> jets in my carb.  my gas milage will go down, but the
> cost to get from point a to point b will be
> considerably less. 
> 
> but really, what are the bugs in this system?  from
> what i understand, E85 eats rubber hoses for breakfast
> and gaskets for dinner.
> 
> if my car wasn't already a trusty daily driver, i'd
> just go ahead and do it out of curiousity. 
> 
> pax
> 
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