Dear All,

I am watching the news, and the reporters are asking the above question (as starting monday all gas will have to have 10% ethanol in it). The expert's answer is: "no, most cars manufactured in the past 5 years will be okay".

Well, this does not answer the question when it comes to my 1983 380SEC.
I know that some material that o-rings are made from (e.g., BN70) in the fuel distributor are gasoline tolerant but not so alcohol tolerant (they are so-so according to o-ring manufacturers).
So here is a question to the real experts:
Will ethanol hurt my 1983 V8 Mercedes?

Thanks and please keep it non-personal and non-political.

Greg

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1983 560SL Megasquirted (originally 380SL)

My former Mercedes:
1985 300SD ~190k
1990 560SEL
2000 C220 CDI
1983 380SEC 102k dual-chain conversion
2000 C280 70k (sold)
1987 300DT (W124 - sold)
1972 220D (sold)
1971 220D (sold)