Sounds like it keeps your fuel system cleaner, provided there's nothing for it to dissolve that's actually part of your fuel system.

I dunno. There are a LOT of posts here about ethanol, but most of them are merely wild speculation and anecdotal attribution.

Shell recently got in big trouble for additives that screwed up fuel systems. I think that if Ethanol was as bad as some speculate, there would be far more widespread reports of damage, and probably class action law suits as was the case with Shell. Ethanol will dissolve the epoxy used in fiberglass fuel tanks, and Florida boat owners are now suing the oil companies over this.

Any modern car should be able to handle the ethanol at 10%. My 1990 300SE says in the manual that it can use up to 10%.

I still can't stand the stuff though. Until we derive it from cellulosic sources rather than food stock, it's a complete waste of arable land.

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1988 560SEL "Gunther"- 190K passes anything except a gas station
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