[T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

[Dave Hall]

Maybe it makes up for the lower oxygen content in your air up there!  My
performsnce in Colorado wss certainly down, and that was on muesli and meat!
Obviously I wasn't getting enough ethanol.  ;-)

Dave
UK VW Type 3&4 Club
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[mailto:type3-vwtype3.org-bounces at lists.vwtype3.org] On Behalf Of Daniel K.
Du Vall
Sent: 04 October 2012 06:01
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Subject: Re: [T3] Corn Fuel and Type III engines

What most do not  know is that most all gas auto now are flex fuel after a
certain date even if they don't have it marked on the body etc.
Its mostly a program change in fuel curve and a few other things that was
done early on basically lets the computer know how to handle the change in
oxygen content in the fuel when the sensors pick it up and keeps the check
engine light from coming on.  
Cars later on are already programed to handle increased amounts as a
precaution because some states run 10% and others 20%and maybe more, I can
not verify that, E85 is just 85% denatured ethanol. 
Arizona was running 10% last I noticed (Beating out the 15% MTBE (Methyl
tert-butyl ether) which stunk terribly). Arizona has been since I was just
out of high school.

I did some testing on my 99 Chevy Z71 (Non FLEX Fuel)just to see how much it
would take to set the light on it was almost a 50/50 mix with E85 and low
grade ( I believe its 87 here) that finally set it off . 
I tested from an almost empty tank each time. I have had it since new so
have a really good feel for the amounts.
I live in Castle Rock Colorado and one observation was a noticeable power
increase as more and more E85 was used. 
I can only attribute this to the added Oxygen, as I know its supposed to be
the opposite affect that E85 has on things. 


Just my 50cents worth,

Daniel Du Vall
http://1peter4-10.org
http://volkswageninsanity.us


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