Thread: should i NOT use SHELL 93 octane with 10% ethanol???
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 07:40 AM
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Default Re: should i NOT use SHELL 93 octane with 10% ethanol???
Originally Posted by MikeR
240, many states are mandating 10% ethanol all year round now. The 'may contain' statement was used previously because they only put the ehtanol in during winter months. You will have to check for what TX is doing.

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I was checking the CA website regarding motor fuel. Ethanol is not required; but, most jobbers are going to 10%. But they can use any type of oxygenator - ethanol is just the cheapest..

http://www.arb.ca.gov/fuels/gasoline/faq/faq.htm

I need to research and find out if they add it at the refinery or when loaded on the tanker at the jobber. I would think having gasoline with 10% ethanol sitting in large feed stock tanks would allow it to be diluted with water. Water and ethanol mix, water and gas don't - you can separate water from gas but not the ethanol. This is why ethanol sucks.

Time to shop around and find a source that does not use ethanol - If I can. The 100 Octane pump gas I buy does not use Ethanol as an oxygenator.
 
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