Ethanol - 15-20%?

[UTVitz]

Mechanics in my area say there really is no problem with using the current mix of ethanol which is up to 10%. So far, only Chevron is adding it and have placed a sticker on their pumps indicating such. Phillips/Conoco told me they have no current plans to add this to their fuel. So I'm still not sure if this will be federally mandated at some point or not. All I know is I am currently going to only Phillips to get a top tier fuel. I had a terribly destructive experience with MTBE many years ago, which Chevron only paid for the repairs after the Toyota dealer said we've got the fuel out of the vehicle and it's the cause of all the fuel system damage. Finger crossed ethanol stays out of our fuel for the most part

[talnlnky]

Originally Posted by UTVitz

Mechanics in my area say there really is no problem with using the current mix of ethanol which is up to 10%. So far, only Chevron is adding it and have placed a sticker on their pumps indicating such. Phillips/Conoco told me they have no current plans to add this to their fuel. So I'm still not sure if this will be federally mandated at some point or not. All I know is I am currently going to only Phillips to get a top tier fuel. I had a terribly destructive experience with MTBE many years ago, which Chevron only paid for the repairs after the Toyota dealer said we've got the fuel out of the vehicle and it's the cause of all the fuel system damage. Finger crossed ethanol stays out of our fuel for the most part

E10 additive is state mandated in oregon.... been living here for 2 years... no problems, and I occasionally got 10% when I live in WA... so.. i'd guess that 80-90% of my tanks of gas over the past 2.5years have been with E10. No issues, Things may be much different than they were when you had your bad experience. I run Chevron or Shell about 95% of the time, so I don't think its a Chevron problem either.

One thing I noticed... Before Oregon did E10, they had much higher gas prices than Washington. After E10.... they have similar, or cheaper prices (despite the fact they have to pay a person to pump gas for the customer...its a law). Eth content seems to drop the cost, and I suspect the drop in cost might actually be bigger than the drop in performance in real world results.