E-85 Cars?

Question

I know E-85 fuel is cheaper than unleaded gasoline, but is it as efficient? Anyone that has a flexfuel car, does it get the same miles per gallon?

Answer 1

It is almost as efficient as gasoline but not quite. It is about 90% as efficient as gasoline. I run my 2001 Chevy S-10 on E-85 fuel all the time now. You can also find out a lot of other stuff regarding E85 fuel at the website below such as locations where you can find it some cars that run on it and answers to a bunch of E85 questions.

http://www.e85fuel.com/

For a list of GM cars (old & new) that run on E85 you can go to the website:

http://www.livegreengoyellow.com

Basically the difference in price somewhat helps account for the fact that they don't quite get as many miles per gallon. My main reason for buying E85 is because I'm tired of the big oil companies gouging me at the pumps. Many of the E85 production facilities are ran by small companies or even by groups of farmers. Buying E85 helps raise corn prices for farmers and I grew up on a farm and know how tough income can be for farmers. So its a three-fold plus for me. I help farmers out, I can do my share to help the environment, and its my way of fighting against the big oil companies for gouging us at the pumps.

PS - Make sure that your vehicle will run on E85 before you try running it on E85. It should say in your owners manual or on your gas cap or there websites like the GM one I mentioned where you can even put in your VIN and find out. If you try running E85 and your vehicle is not made to run on it, you can mess up the engine. From what I understand, ethanol can eat up rubber parts. So the cars fuel system has to be made so that the E85 doesn't eat away the rubber then go into the engine with that mixture. Also, E85 cars have a sensor in them to detect the amount of ethanol in the fuel going to the engine to make the engine adjust how it runs based on the make up of the fuel. That allows you to go back and forth from gas to E85 if you wish without your engine running poorly.

Answer 2

I don't personally own a E85 car but on the new where i live they tested the same trucks but one with gas and the other with E85. The truck with gas got about 17 while the truck with E85 got about 14.5. Small difference but for the price it would be about the same.
E85 means that there is 85% ethonal in the mixture of gas so E100 would get worse gas mileage then E85.

Answer 3

it's moonshine!..cars have been run on it for years,just not "officially"..you gotta be careful with e-85 tho,the pure grain alcahol(with just enough poison in it,in case some idioit tried to drink it)can damage plastic parts in cars that aren't equipped to handle it!! e-85 evaporates faster than gasoline,so,mileage can vary..it's still cleaner than a dead dinosuar's rotting carcus!!

Answer 4

Yes, mabye if it were E-100 it wouldn't.