<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>I wondered about ethanol myself and even set off to a marina that sold 100% gasoline still. I did notice a slight bump in MPG but only tested 3 tanks full. </div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>>Hmm.... good point about the 10% ethanol potentially being a source of the problem. Back before I sold my turbo SE-R in 2005, the last few months >it developed a random hot-start issue whereas it had run perfectly for years earlier. Cold start was no problem at all, but every once in a while trying to >start it hot required a lot of cranking. It would catch eventually after 10 seconds or so of
cranking. Was that around the time ethanol was starting to be >introduced heavily into gasoline? Maybe the 1990s fuel systems don't like ethanol quite as much.<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 9:23 AM, Larry Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:bizznzman@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:bizznzman@yahoo.com">bizznzman@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<td valign="top">Excellent thought although mine is a nearly daily driver and I replaced the injectors (stock OEM) three years ago thinking the same thing. Still, it is possible. I wonder, shouldn't 10% ethanol fuel keep some of this to a minimum? Or could it conversely be part of the problem?<br>
<br>--- On <b>Wed, 3/9/11, Khiem Dinh <i><<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spdracerut@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spdracerut@gmail.com">spdracerut@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="PADDING-LEFT:5px;MARGIN-LEFT:5px;BORDER-LEFT:rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid;">From: Khiem Dinh <<a rel="nofollow" ymailto="mailto:spdracerut@gmail.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:spdracerut@gmail.com">spdracerut@gmail.com</a>>
<div class="im"><br>I haven't read all the messages... but with the cars sitting for so long, maybe some type of leaky/stuck injector syndrome?<br>
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