I am starting to see this option at a lot of places for 5 cents or so cheaper a gallon. Anybody notice any differences using this gas?
In theory it would be 2.5% less mileage; ethanol has approximately 50% less energy than gasoline. (2.5% = 50% X 5%)Im actually curious about this as well because my car can take the gas but Im torn because it can be a little less mpg, if its not bad like only .1 per gallon its worth it but otherwise the savings wouldnt be enough.
I wouldn't put it in anything that isn't approved to run it...Can the E15 be ran in any engine or does it need to be a flex fuel engine? If I remember right the gas pump with the 15 says to be careful what vehicle you put it in as it may harm the engine. I find it hard to believe that it would effect a regular gas engine at all if you already use E10 in it.
Can the E15 be ran in any engine or does it need to be a flex fuel engine? If I remember right the gas pump with the 15 says to be careful what vehicle you put it in as it may harm the engine. I find it hard to believe that it would effect a regular gas engine at all if you already use E10 in it.
Unfortunately, without subsidies and/or mandates, corn-based ethonol could not survive on it's own merits.
Unfortunately, without subsidies and/or mandates, corn-based ethonol could not survive on it's own merits.
Unfortunately, without subsidies and/or mandates, corn-based ethonol could not survive on it's own merits.
I do not use ethanol gas in my lawn mower and snowblower and most of the time my motorcycle but otherwise other than checking mileage every once in a while I only use ethanol.
I wouldn't put it in anything that isn't approved to run it...
It can be hard on seals and gaskets if they aren't designed to handle E15.
Can the E15 be ran in any engine or does it need to be a flex fuel engine? If I remember right the gas pump with the 15 says to be careful what vehicle you put it in as it may harm the engine. I find it hard to believe that it would effect a regular gas engine at all if you already use E10 in it.
Subsidies are down a lot now compared to where they were when corn based ethanol really started in 2008. Yes there are mandates out there but we have overproduced the mandate up until because economics work to make it.
I burn ethanol in everything I drive and prefer 15% over 10% blend when it's available. It runs cooler and is like running a infection cleaner all the time. I have checked in my ridgeline and the difference between 87 octane reg gas and 87 octane 10% blend was less that a 1/2 mile per gallon and the 15% dropped it another 3/10 to 4/10 of a mile so it's not that much. I have also burned only 10-15% blended ethanol in all my vehicles and so far I have had exactly 0 issues with engines attributed to using ethanol. And that is in 2003 up to current 2016 vehicles with anwhere from 35K miles to 177K miles.
I do not use ethanol gas in my lawn mower and snowblower and most of the time my motorcycle but otherwise other than checking mileage every once in a while I only use ethanol.
I'll support farmers even if it did cost me a little bit more over saving a few pennies but putting more money in the towel heads that would rather see us dead. However, in about all the checks I've done, it isn't costing me anything more and in some cases I'm saving a bit.
Then again, I do my own research instead of reading big oil articles trashing a program that hurts their bottom line and take it as fact.
99+% of all cars on the road can use it.
I've actually found better fuel economy w/ E15 over E10.
Actually is good for oil companies as allow them to blend off lower octane gasoline - but they continue to want to control public perception of ethanol.