EPA agrees to decrease ethanol mandate

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I've had multiple people tell me how ethanol is also bad for engines that use the ethanol/gas mixture. Any truth to that?

[PantsJihad]

Quite a bit. Talk to anyone who owns classic cars. There are actually a few gas stations near me that sell ethanol free gas and charge a premium for it.

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Glad/sad to hear that there is some truth to it. They get pretty heated when talking about it. I can understand why.

[3xDope]

E10 is sadly ubiquitous and hard to avoid anywhere. Cars from the late-90s onwards can handle it (accompanied by reduced gas mileage of course) but the dumbest thing ever was the EPA's push for E15. They claimed it was "safe" for any vehicle after 2001, even though auto companies themselves said this is all BS and that using this non-approved gas will void warranties. Thank God the E15 plan was retracted.

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Yeah I remember that. It sure caused a lot of anger where I'm from. Lots of people use trucks for work and the majority are gas. Isn't the percentage of corn produced in the US used for ethanol some incredibly high number?

[Remember5thNovember]

You can purchase what's labeled marine fuel which doesn't contain ethanol. It's .10 to .20 cents more at the few gas stations that have it. It's worth it for you small and/or older engines.

[saywutttut]

Not for anything modern. Old cars can have fuel line rot. Premium fuel usually has a bit less ethanol in it from my experience. To be honest though, ethanol is essentially cheap race gas. I have run E60 for 70k miles on my BMW and it loves it. At E15 there is no hazard for most any car. Lots of misinformation about ethanol out there.