Ethanol ?
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From: MANDEVILLE, LA La
Ethanol ?
Looks like Ethanol technology is reving up again and I'm wondering if will be harmful to our Vettes to use it. Would anything special have to be done so we could use it?
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From: Toronto Ontario
re: Ethanol Gas
Hi, I'm in Ontario , Canada. I have been using Sunoco gas , 93 octane which is made with 10 % Ethanol. I've had no problems with this fuel, which I have used for the past 5 years.
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From: Concord NC
I dont think it would. I recall it saying something about a 10-20% mixture for it in the cars handbook. You can check in there. Im almost positive it gives a detailed description. Im sure someone wiht that information will also add some information. 
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From: Hesperia California
In the 90's, I was driving from West Coast to Wisconsin. In Iowa, I filled up My Ford Dually and apparently I got Ethanol. I made it about another 50 miles and the truck started running like I was running out of gas. Luckily I found a Ford dealer. The Tech looked at my Calif. plates and said "Bought gas in Iowa didn't ya!" He said he knew exactly what the problem was. He went to parts and got a new fuel filter, and then used a small bit to enlarge the orfices a little. He said that in Iowa a lot of stations put Ethanol in all their tanks. He further said it is good fuel once it cleans all the crap out of your tank and lines that gasoline leaves as it did in my truck. Truck ran fine after that.
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From: O'Fallon MO
There is an active thread on this same page, check it out...
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...35&forum_id=34
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...35&forum_id=34
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From: Sioux City IA
My 96 was a daily driver until winter hit here in Iowa. I use ethanol at every fill up, it's about 20 cents a gallon less than premium. The car spend the first 8 years of it's life in Florida and didn't use ethanol. There is absolutely no reason not to switch. All that bunck about plugging up filters, pumps, is just that. If it caused your filter to plug up, then the tank must have been in horrible shape to begin with.
