My Magna Ride of Passage

[drkngas]

Honda was telling me that the 15% ethenol stuff was the problem.  I'd never put E85 in a bike.

[silveradocowboy]

If anyone is looking for that stuff.... http://www.e85refueling.com/, my Avalanche will run it but I won't buy it.

7 refueling station(s) within 100 mi. of Frisco, TX

About 6 mi.
Kroger #598
9732 Coit Rd.
Plano , TX 75025

About 13 mi.
Kroger #587
3939 Frankford Rd. @ Midway
Dallas , TX 75287

About 13 mi.
Kroger #460
4038 Old Denton Rd.
Carrollton , TX 75007

About 18 mi.
Kroger #461
5190 Hwy. 78 & Murphy Rd.
Sachse , TX 75048

About 21 mi.
Kroger #577
7505 N MacArthur Blvd.
Irving , TX 75063

About 46 mi.
Kroger Fuel Center
3001 Matlock Rd
Mansfield , TX 76063

About 53 mi.
Kroger
1002 Crowley Rd.
Crowley , TX 76036

[nicklec]

But the big question is..... how does it taste?

[Greg Cothern]

I think its a Less Filling thing and zero taste hehehehehe.

[nicklec]

From what I've read on it the problem is it breaks up all the crud that has accumulated in your fuel system and sends it on down the line... also it is a heavier or thicker fluid so jets have to be replaced to meter it correctly... not sure if injectors can be replaced but they meter it too lean if not designed for it... hence the few vehicles out there that can run duel fuel.. i have had some vehicles come in with lean codes from running the stuff.

[Tenebras]

I'm getting around 38-40 in my '84 V30. That's when I'm usually cruising back and forth to school at 75 or so.

When I went down to LA on the 1 at only 55-60 I managed to get into the 50's.

Does that sound about right to you guys?

[Damn Yankee]

Not the same generation, but I'll get the low 40's when I open up the 3G on the freeway doing 75-80 mph....and around 50 when I'm on the two-lanes doing 55-60....So it sounds about right to me .

[Sledge Hammer]

From what I've read on it the problem is it breaks up all the crud that has accumulated in your fuel system and sends it on down the line... also it is a heavier or thicker fluid so jets have to be replaced to meter it correctly... not sure if injectors can be replaced but they meter it too lean if not designed for it... hence the few vehicles out there that can run duel fuel.. i have had some vehicles come in with lean codes from running the stuff.

My own guru of mechanics says another problem is that the alcohol attacks rubber components -- seals and gaskets and fuel lines, causing them to slowly disintegrate. That may be source of the "gunk" that is being "broken up." I know I have successfully ruined synthetic rubber trim on a couple of vehicles by allowing stuff with high alcohol content to come in contact with it, so I tend to believe him. That's the lasht time I'm getting into my truck without puttin' the shtopper in th' moonshine jug...*hic*...