It was the biggest waste of money I've ever spent on mine. They charge a fortune in my town, maybe that is why. Did I see any improvements, well I wasn't even able to lie to myself to make me feel it was worth it to pay extra for the gas.

 

Its only a few cents higher in my town. But everyone I've talked to around here says that the ethanol free is better and will get better MPGs. Why is that? Or is it even true? I'm just trying to do some research and find if it's worth the few extra cents. I know in smaller gas engines like boats and lawn mowers, the ethanol gas will make it run hotter. Can this be the same on our truck engines?

 

If it is truly 100% ethenol free and you have to have your vehicle smog checked, you will need to run a few tanks through before you get tested. My understanding is the exhaust sniffers won't pass your truck from the readings it receives.

Sorry, I can't tell you why it supposedly makes a difference. I know it has longer shelf life, but in a vehicle when does shelf life matter. LOL

 

Where are you finding ethanol free? That's not even 87. Marine gas is ethanol free.

 

They dont give us any emissions texts in Kentucky that I'm aware of lol. Maybe I'm the only one dumb enough to try it lol. I did Seafoam my top end about 2 weeks ago and then started running the ethanol free gas........so maybe its just the seafoam?? lol. mind boggling I tell ya. Ha.

 

I prefer the 85% ethanol blends myself.

 

As far as performance goes, :shrug: but I did gain 40 miles per tank on a 16 gallon fill up, on regular ethanol free gas.

 

The butt dyno adds a bit of low end get up and go. I do see 25-30 miles more on a tank of Ethanol Free fuel. Ethanol does not burn as hot as gasoline, there has to be a slight performance gain. Where I fill up the price is reasonable so thats all I have been running for 2 years now.

 

Here's a fun brain teaser. If ethanol cost more to produce than gasoline why is the gasoline without ethanol more expensive.

 

Look no further than the FEDGOV and the ethanol lobby (corporate farms) for that.

The ethanol lobby is now pushing for E15 gas.

The tree huggers are in on it too despite the fact that ethanol blended gas generates 2.14 times more ozone and formaldehyde than straight gas... But who cares about a little more smog and the asthmatics who have to suffer because of it.

Oh, and it takes 1.52 gallons of ethanol blended gas to produce the same power as one gallon of straight gas.

 

Its good to know I'm not the only one thats noticed a difference in MPGs. LOL. A friend of mine also told me that all premiums gasoline doesn't have ethanol.... that's not right is it?? The ethanol free gas around my area is about 10 cents higher than premium so i dont see that its not worth it. 10 gallons of regular at 3.26 a gallon here is 32.60. 10 gallons of the ethanol free gas at 3.52 a gallon is 35.20. it's worth the few extra bucks IMO to get better fuel economy....correct me if I'm wrong. lol.

 

Regular and premium can have ethanol; unless it says ethanol free, then the premium you are buying has ethanol.

 

Worth it IMO.

"A gallon of E85 has an energy content of about 80,000 BTU, compared to gasoline's 124,800 BTU. So about 1.56 gal. of E85 takes you as far as 1 gal. of gas."

 

I also averaged about 30 more miles per tank, after 5 fill ups. But at $4.49/gal couldn't justify it any longer.

 

OUCH! it runs about 3.61-3.79 here where I buy.

 

i always hear it doesn't burn as well,,,, clogged injectors and more deposits left inside. if its less efficient, costs more in the long run in maintainence, i don't see the point in using it. after gutted cats an a high octane tune i foul plugs every 10k just using regular unleaded rated 87 octane. on 92-93 everything stays much cleaner and burns better and the plugs last longer, O2 sensors stay clean longer

 

Everything you have heard is wrong.

Ethanol fuel is full of water. Bad.

 

I'm jealous your paying 3.26 for fuel. It's around 3.70 here.

 

From 2006, but still valid information. Read all 7 pages:

Ethanol Promises - Tech Stuff - Car and Driver

Ethanol as a motor fuel... sucks.
It is even worse for small engines like lawn mowers and chain saws.

 

Haha... Uh... Regular (ethanol) is 3.99 out here. Non-Ethanol regular is 4.29$. As someone with a small motor (jetski) I hate ethanol. You can always tell which is ethanol and which isn't. In the truck the biggest thing I notice with non-ethanol is about an extra 40 miles to the tank.

 

you didn't read my post very well

 

I guess I'm having an issue translating. Full sentences and punctuation in the correct places with paragraphs and some background would help.

I've never seen an ethanol free gas below 91 octane.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say there? Are you saying ethanol free is crappy, or that 87 octane ethanol gas is crappy? Or that 91 octane ethanol gas is good?

 

The non-ethanol I'm buying is 90 octane...lol. It says on the pump though that it may have UP TO .5% ethanol added. Compared to 10% or higher i say it's pretty much ethanol free.

 

Glad this thread Popped up. There's an ethanol free gas station running $3.47

 

OK!

Now I agree with you, lol. I've never seen lower octane non-ethanol up here, but I do live behind the iron curtain.

 

as much as i have had to clean the tb, im on my 3rd set of plugs with 86k on it, have cleaned a ton of build up off the 02 sensors, i think these trucks need to be ran on high octane to keep everything clean and running good. i have been running 92-93 octane through it for a while now and its doing much better.

 

One thing I've heard/read though, is that running premium or higher octane fuel in a motor that doesn't require it is useless. How true is this?

 

It has to be tuned for the higher octane gas. Other than that it would be a waste right?

 

Correct.

 

What can you really tune on a stock motor to require higher octane fuel though? You can't really change your compression ratio, lol. A turbo or supercharged motor requires premium. I'm not too familiar honestly with the differences in the octane levels and what they mean. Any explanations?

Sent from my ADR6325

 

Timing......
Cam phasing....
Timing......
Transmission tables....
Timing...

 

Depends the price