Then why did I just read a story mentioning 8% of the vehicles at a recent wholesale auction had over 300,000 miles?
“Then why did I just read a story mentioning 8% of the vehicles at a recent wholesale auction had over 300,000 miles?”
Do you know the history of those engines? Were they the original engines? Were they rebuilt, or what?
because law be dammed. I pull up to the collector/offroad unleaded pump and fill my 2002 Chev van with non-corn fuel.
I’ll have 300,000 on it by November.
It is proven to be ruining smaller engines, such as those in boats, lawn equipment, and motorcycles. Some of them have their carbs destroyed, others are actually seeing destructive deposits in the engine proper.
It’s less of an issue with cars, but older carbureted cars are having fuel system problems as are older fuel-injected cars that are needing to have every rubber part (and the injectors) replaced because of it.
It ruins small engines, mowers, boats etc. It gets crappy mileage. We can only use ethanol on base. I’ve monitored the mileage and its about 5 MPG less with sugar gas.
I should have said newer cars with fancier engines — my 2001 Saturn with 172,000 miles doesn’t seem to care what I feed it.