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Old 01-02-2013, 06:48 AM   #7
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Originally Posted by davidcroft View Post
did anybody notice they didn't mention Chevrolet?

Yeah, Chevy makes their engines to run on flex fuel... E85 (85% ethanol).......not positive that its all motors made in GM cars, but I know they have had them available for a little while......my '06 Tahoe has a flex fuel motor.

Since 10% didn't seem to cause tooo many problems there was supposed to be a big push to go to 15% ethanol fuel across the country, but I think it went by the way side because they found out it would cause problems in older and smaller motor applications especially in boats, lawn mowers, etc.....
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