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Old May 2nd, 2014, 05:39 PM
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Default Re: Ethanol (corn squeezins) gas in engines writeup in Modern Tire Dealer Magazine

Yesterday I got a call on a 2004 dodge caravan that the transmission was going out. STAY WITH ME.... I drove about 30 miles to pick it up and bring back to my garage. With the Crappy Ethanol still fresh in my mind I asked for what fuel they last put in...........They in just the last month switched to E-85 because it was so much cheaper and their dodge is e-85 capable. The mini van didn't have enough power to load onto dolly sputtering couldn't pull itself. After loading with a winch and towing 25 miles towards home I stopped off at a gas station and started the van prior to putting gas in it, but still had no power and sputtered for a couple min.... I shut off van and then put in $15 of 93 Ethanol Free gas at $3.99 pg Towed home another 5 miles. Started the van again but this time it sputtered for maybe 20 sec then ran Flawless , Drove it off dolly and they ran around for 20 min until we where sure the problem was solved. She drove it back to work today.

Thanks for starting this thread
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