[Homestead] Ethanol / Biofuel

EarthNSky erthnsky at bellsouth.net
Sat Mar 7 23:37:28 EST 2009


I should say that I am not talking about use of a 50/50 mix all of the 
time.  I understand that if one used it all the time, then you would 
likely get water in the gas and get corrosion problems.  But say I 
wanted to take a trip, and wanted to use a 50/50 mix.  That means 3 or 4 
tanks of the 50/50, and then a week or so later, I am back to 100% gas. 
  What would the harm in that be?

EarthNSky wrote:
> I've been reading about ethanol and biofuels.  I was actually more
> familiar with biodiesel than biofuel.  I read that there is E10 and E85
> Ethanol biofuels, 10% and 85% ethanol respectively.  I know that there
> are flexfuel vehicles now that can run on E85 without problems, but what
> about my trucks, regular gasoline pickup trucks, 1995 GMC Sierra, and
> 2000 Chevy Silverado.  I understand that E10 should be safe and cause no
> problems, but I have heard that if one made their own biofuels, you
> could increase the percentage of ethanol to gas, maybe up to 40 or 50%.
> What would happen to my trucks on a 50/50 mix of ethanol and regular
> octane gasoline.  Wouldn't it run better being a higher octane?
> What would be a maximum ethanol percentage for my trucks?
> 
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