Kenneth L Nielsen
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Guys,
If you have increased the performance of your vehicle (especially if you are running forced induction or an on the edge tune) and your car is not flex fuel capable, you need to test your fuels ethanol content. When I first switched over to E85 a few years ago, I had no idea that E85 being sold often only contains 60% ethanol... I also had no idea most 87-92 octane pump gas in my area contained anywhere between 0 an 10% ethanol - and why it would even matter.
Well, it does and here is a quick lesson in how to test and simplified reasons letting you know when/why you should.
If you have increased the performance of your vehicle (especially if you are running forced induction or an on the edge tune) and your car is not flex fuel capable, you need to test your fuels ethanol content. When I first switched over to E85 a few years ago, I had no idea that E85 being sold often only contains 60% ethanol... I also had no idea most 87-92 octane pump gas in my area contained anywhere between 0 an 10% ethanol - and why it would even matter.
Well, it does and here is a quick lesson in how to test and simplified reasons letting you know when/why you should.