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Ever wondered how ethanol made it into the pump at the gas station? Here's why gasoline and ethanol are mixed along with a ...
There are more than 35 marine fuel additives that claim to address ethanol issues, says Steve Friedrich, assistant department manager for Yamalube, the oil, lube and additive arm of Yamaha Motor Corp.
This easy-to-use fuel additive combats the effects of ethanol blended gasoline. ELIMINATES WATER – This fuel injector cleaner helps to remove water that may get into your fuel system.
As for E85, that fuel may contain up to 85 percent fuel ethanol. Back along the middle 2000s, the additive MTBE, which helped with viscosity, was taken out of fuel.
It seemed like a good idea at the time. The nation’s gasoline consumption was rising steadily, our dependency on foreign oil supplies seemed to make us vulnerable to economic shocks, and ...
Ethanol, Once Bypassed, Now Surging Ahead. By Robert Siegel. Bill Kovarik wrote a history of alcohol fuel, which he says was a popular lamp fuel as early as 1840. During the Civil War, alcohol was ...
Ethanol is increasingly used as an oxygenate additive for standard gasoline, as a replacement for methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE), the latter chemical being responsible for considerable groundwater ...
Ethanol-free fuel will cost more, may be scarce ... but ethanol producers will love it, because it demonstrates even more commitment to the corn-based fuel additive and drives demand.
Flex-fuel vehicles that can run on up to 85% ethanol have been on the market since the mid-1990s; it’s mostly a question of switching to gaskets and O-rings made from compatible plastics.