Europe ups the content of biofuel..earlier Porsches affected
12-20-2011, 01:04 PM
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Europe ups the content of biofuel..earlier Porsches affected
Interesting this...(I assume biofuel is ethanol), but the list only clears cars from 1997/1998 onwards...........
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=24901
http://www.pistonheads.com/news/defa...?storyId=24901
12-21-2011, 05:40 PM
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just FYI, according to this australian info, porsche does not recommend ethanol gas in any of their models:
http://www.onlinemechanical.net/ethanol-E10.html
my daily driver in the summer is a 1987 merkur xr4ti. last summer i tested my gas mileage using regular gas (with 10% ethanol) vs. Shell premium (with zero ethanol). the regular gas gets 30 mpg and the Shell premium gets 35 mpg. in effect, Shell premium gas is actually cheaper than regular gas, because the higher gas mileage more than compensates for the higher price. thats my experience anyways....
http://www.onlinemechanical.net/ethanol-E10.html
my daily driver in the summer is a 1987 merkur xr4ti. last summer i tested my gas mileage using regular gas (with 10% ethanol) vs. Shell premium (with zero ethanol). the regular gas gets 30 mpg and the Shell premium gets 35 mpg. in effect, Shell premium gas is actually cheaper than regular gas, because the higher gas mileage more than compensates for the higher price. thats my experience anyways....
12-21-2011, 08:13 PM
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June 2011 Excellence, page 34 indicates 10% corn oil might be OK but "if our government moves to require 15% alcohol, we had all better make a real issue out of this." When I switched to Shell 91 octane(no ethanol) premium, mileage improved by about 15% over Sunoco 94 octane Gold with 10% ethanol....not that I give a crap about mileage!
