EPA To Allow E15 Fuel Sales Over The Summer To Lessen Gas Prices

[Swordsmyth]

On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authorized gas stations throughout the country to sell gasoline blended with a mix of 15% ethanol over the summer under an emergency waiver, in an effort to relieve some pricing pressure at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol industry.

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[Anti Federalist]

Oh Jesus, the damage that is going to do.

[Dr.3D]

Oh Jesus, the damage that is going to do.

Well, they do want to get those ICE vehicles off of the road.

[Anti Federalist]

Well, they do want to get those ICE vehicles off of the road.

That's how they'll do it too.

Won't ban the vehicles just turn the fuel into engine killing sludge.

[oyarde]

Past time to pull the plug on an epa that can authorize bull$#@!.

[sam1952]

To those of you that know does this affect premium 93 gasoline also?

[69360]

I hope that isn't in Florida. Nothing with a carburetor is going to run right on E15 in the heat of summer. On my car on E10 you can hear the fuel bubbling and boiling when you shut it off on 90+ days. On really hot days, if you come to a stoplight it idles rough from the fuel boiling. We can get Ethanol free but it's about $1 a gallon more.

[Anti Federalist]

To those of you that know does this affect premium 93 gasoline also?

Yes.

Unless it's marked "Ethanol Free" which as 69360 noted, costs about $1 a gallon more, it will be blended to E15.

Don't even think about using this $#@! in any small engine, carbureted engine, two stroke engine or marine engine.

Use this for all your small stuff.

[69360]

I wonder if they are going to have to label the pumps E15 so people with older cars can avoid this stuff?

Mine is fine on E10 in the Flordia winter where it is 60-80 degrees. It doesn't run it's best on E10 when it gets over about 85 out. I replaced all the rubber hoses with nitrophyl and rebuilt the carburetor with an ethanol resistant needle and seat already. But I think E15 is just going to be too much for it as far as boiling point.

There is a station neat me selling something called Rec 90 which is ethanol free 90 octane. It's cheaper than the typical ethanol free 93 that a lot of stations in Florida have. I might run the Rec 90 June to August.

[Anti Federalist]

I wonder if they are going to have to label the pumps E15 so people with older cars can avoid this stuff?

Mine is fine on E10 in the Flordia winter where it is 60-80 degrees. It doesn't run it's best on E10 when it gets over about 85 out. I replaced all the rubber hoses with nitrophyl and rebuilt the carburetor with an ethanol resistant needle and seat already. But I think E15 is just going to be too much for it as far as boiling point.

There is a station neat me selling something called Rec 90 which is ethanol free 90 octane. It's cheaper than the typical ethanol free 93 that a lot of stations in Florida have. I might run the Rec 90 June to August.

That's boat fuel, and, in an older carbureted car, should run just fine.

I reckon it would probably work fine in small engines as well, although I'm sticking with True Fuel or VP Fuel