I used to run one of my trail trucks on propane. It was nice to not have
carb issues I once had. As long as it was sucking oil up the sump it was
running. It ran on its side and on its top until oil starvation would come
into play.
I'm just really curious about other, cleaner, fuel sources.
If I could get away with making my own I'd probably try.
On Thu, 30 Mar 2006, William Knight wrote:
>
> Do not know about e85 but I do know the Ford Ranger that I drive for work,
> company truck, gets worse mileage on the E10 then it does on straight gas.
> As for the E85 I believe it will be like when all the emissions were
> mandated back in the early 70's. vehicles lost horsepower until the
> engineers learned how to make horsepower and torque with the emissions.
> Either way my Durango is not E85 compatible and I will not be getting rid of
> it anytime soon.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Miles D.
> Oliver
> Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2006 10:51 AM
> To: dakota-truck@dakota-truck.net
> Subject: DML: E85 fuel information..
>
>
>
> I'm interested in learning more about 'real world' examples of people
> using 85% ethanol or E85 fuel.
>
> Google searches only seem to cut the surface and I'd like to know more. I
> seem to be able to only find the commercial/propogana sites and nothing
> from real people.
>
> Heck, I don't even know if my 2002 QC is compatible, or could be made to
> be.
>
> The nearest station that offers E85 is about 100 miles away and would
> offer no benefits but it would be nice to have a better understanding of
> the technology
>
> Can anybody offer up any info, using it? know of anybody who is? Mailing
> lists?
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> Miles D. Oliver
> www.mmoliver.org
>
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