Crazy dashboard lights won't go out

[babydriver]

Originally Posted by Tcoat

Glad it was an easy one.


That all explains why E85 is almost unheard of up here. A fuel that does not work well in the cold (I physically chuckled at the thought of what Austin "cooler temperatures" may be) would not be a good idea here. I bet there are not 4 stations that have it within 200 miles of me.

The answer is: 47 degrees Fahrenheit.

I gathered from other posts here that ethanol doesn't evaporate well (for its use in an engine) below about 50. That is why the 15% gasoline is added; so that it will start on a cold day. Yesterday, Baby coughed and gagged on startup and then the code appeared. Wasn't getting enough fuel to start.

We use 100% ethanol (special lab grade) at work for precipitating blood hemoglobin out of a solution that we use to test for newborn metabolic diseases. When you lay out about 30 of these 96 well plates to sit for 30 minutes, the fumes from the ethanol can be a bit overwhelming if you sit too close. It goes without saying that we don't have any ignition sources anywhere near the work space.

[Tcoat]

Originally Posted by jvincent

Actually there are still several brands that have no ethanol in their 91 octane up here. Shell, Ultramar, and Esso to be specific.

Yes! And they are all pretty easy to come by and there is usually one close by someplace.