I had the Mazda B3000 version, Model Year 2000, and it was a Flex Fuel vehicle. Somewhere along the way, it lost the leaf badge, but it had the sensor under the frame rail.
Kinda funny how we make millions of gallons of ethanol in distilleries running at least partially on coal-fired electric power in order to create less pollutants. And how many gallons of diesel are used to plant, harvest and transport the corn to the plant?
Not funny, stupid. It's all political. The amount of fossil fuel required to make windmill blades, just to chop them up and bury them when the lifespan is up. Stupid!Kinda funny how we make millions of gallons of ethanol in distilleries running at least partially on coal-fired electric power in order to create less pollutants. And how many gallons of diesel are used to plant, harvest and transport the corn to the plant?
Ethanol can't be transported via pipelines either because they attract moisture so it has to be trucked everywhere by diesel burning rigs.Kinda funny how we make millions of gallons of ethanol in distilleries running at least partially on coal-fired electric power in order to create less pollutants. And how many gallons of diesel are used to plant, harvest and transport the corn to the plant?
Hi Dave,I had the Mazda B3000 version, Model Year 2000, and it was a Flex Fuel vehicle. Somewhere along the way, it lost the leaf badge, but it had the sensor under the frame rail.
Probably some type of cultural friction. I spent several years in Japan, and their business culture is ... different ... They were probably mad you guys didn't buy a rotary version from them... That would have been cool. But they had tip seal problems with that motor that never did get solved. Great for racing, but not good for daily drivers.
Wow, and here I thought Mazda was just carbon copies of Ford just re-badged.
Hi James,
I am a fan of ethanol and have been running it for over a decade in toy cars, race cars, SxS', and even used it to lean out air:fuel mixtures on my carbureted machines, here at 8k ft above sea level. I've never had an issue with ethanol, even letting it sit for long periods. If I know a vehicle will be sitting, I will use some Sea Foam and a little bit of 2-stroke oil mixed in. By sitting by a long time, I mean 6 months to a year.We may disagree on oil change intervals or types of oil etc.
I'm sure you have arrived at your conclusions after careful consideration.
So have I.
I am reluctant to discuss this further since giving a simplistic answer would likely send me down a rabbit hole of trying to justify my position. I'm not really up for that, nor do I expect you to spend a thousand words trying to convince me.
But I'll say too much anyway...
The question really is a matter of degree... At 10% we have been able to compensate significantly for the presence of alcohol. As the percentage goes up, so does the difficulty. So much so that in places where pure alcohol is used for passenger car fuel, engine longevity has shown to be reduced by as much as 55%. Now whether engine wear would increase significantly to go from 10% to 15% ethanol would depend pretty much on your definition of "significant".
Analogy...
Suffice it to say that the additional wear from fuel containing ethanol over pure gasoline is clearly and significantly greater than that of using a good parasynthetic over a pure synthetic motor oil.
? (perhaps debatable)
Using pure ethanol would then be more analogous to using a nondetergent straight weight motor oil instead of a modern pure synthetic.
That is the most conciliatory position I am willing to express.
Careful... you thinking that so called "Boomers" are Luddites is bound to come back to haunt you in a few years!Been pumping exclusively E15 in the Carolinas for two years. No problems. You boomers are quite the sensitive bunch!
Maybe they could make surf boards and frisbees out of them...
