Date:         Fri, 3 May 2013 07:13:27 -0700
Reply-To:     Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Fwd: Sucky Gas Mileage - ethanol free
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 3, 2013 at 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: Sucky Gas Mileage - ethanol free
To: Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com>


   In my inline motor, 5sp  tin-top van, which I try to drive at about
65mph on the highway and no faster, I see approximately 1.5 to 2 miles per
gallon of extra distance when I fill with pure gasoline.   I have not gone
back through all my gas logs to get a statistically exact comparison when
using the two different fuels, but that is about what I always see.
  Most non-ethanol fuel is also "premium" with a higher octane number, so
that may also be a factor in the better MPG figures.   Dunno for sure but
at near sea level, I seem to feel slightly more power from premium no
ethanol fuel...a little less accelerator pedal pressure to hold the speed
to 65mph..
The pure gasoline also ages much better, I try to keep that in my
infrequently run engines, like chainsaws and some of my motorbikes...
  Don Hanson


On Thu, May 2, 2013 at 7:49 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:

> "Problem is.....ethanol-free fuel sells for a premium akin to diesel or
> high test.  Which eliminates any advantages the small increase in fuel
> economy gives you."
>
> I am curious to see how many extra miles per gallon E0 gives over E10.
> To that end, while I'm not logging cost, I have been alternating
> tanksful of fuel between E10 and E0 since September and logging mileage.
> In four short months I will have the results of a year's worth of
> fill-ups. Stand by.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
>