How can you make your car run on ethanol?

Question

I have a 2005 Honda CRV. Can you make it run on ethanol? How much would the conversion cost?

Hey Roger Dodger - that's exactly the video I saw that got me thinking about this question. Vinod was saying it only cost like $30 to get a car to be flex-fuel. But I was unclear if he meant it was $30 if the car mfr's added the special gear during manufacture. Or did he mean if you currently have a gas car you could covert it for as little as $30. ?? He also mentioned the Ford F150 and other Fords are already flexfuel but the fact is not widely known. I wonder if my CRV is flex fuel. Hmm.

Answer 1

If you want to run up to 15 percent ethanol, change nothing, just run it. If you want to run a higher mix you will need to change most of the seals that the fuel contacts. Ethanol eats the standard seals. You may need to re-chip the brain-box to allow for more O2 in the exhaust. Readjust ignition timing for best performance, and enjoy. By the way, your mileage will plummet. A 10 percent mix on most cars gives a 20 percent drop in mileage. Welcome to the lie of ethanol reducing our dependence on foreign oil. We try this during every fuel shortage, and almost everybody forgets by the next one. So don't do it to save fuel. Do it for fun if you want to. Good luck.

Answer 2

I couldn't tell you about ethanol but i could tell you about propane =D it only costs around 300 bucks to get all the parts to convert to propane, and propane is cheaper per mile than gasoline. It is also easier on the engine then gasoline and is readily avialable as a lot of fork lifts use them.

Answer 3

anything is possible you can either listen to the naysayers about it or you can do the hard work do it right the first time and be done now try to find ethanol good luck only places i know of is 25 miles from here