Anything higher than 83% Ethanol is now illegal?

[SnakeBoostE85]

So I heard that a federal law took effect in January that says anything higher than 83% blend ethanol fuels are now illegal.

True or False?

If that's true - are they going to rename is E83 since E85 is illegal... ridiculous.

 

[c6zhombre]

Well, if that's the case....I'm running around with a tank full of illegal right now. I filled up a couple weeks ago and it was near E86. This is a high volume station in the Houston area.

 

[HISSMAN]

Running out of corn probably. Had to come up with a semi realistic reason to cut down on it.

 

[SnakeBoostE85]

yeah so check this out:

"Effective July 14, 2016, the regulation also applies to ethanol flex fuels, which are defined as a mixture of gasoline and ethanol containing more than 10% but less than 83% ethanol by volume. For ethanol blends containing no greater than 50% ethanol by volume, retailers must post the exact percentage of ethanol concentration, rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. For ethanol blends containing more than 50% but no greater than 83% ethanol by volume, retailers must post the exact percentage of ethanol concentration, round to the nearest multiple of 10, or indicate that the fuel contains 51% to 83% ethanol."

from http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/laws/ETH/US

 

[HISSMAN]

Well, at least maybe it will be more accurate now. I've seen stuff come out of an e85 pump that ranged from 15% on up.

 

[SnakeBoostE85]

Agreed, I only trusted one gas station that was consistently pumping 85-87% and now they are out

 

[Turbo900rr]

yeah so check this out:

"Effective July 14, 2016, the regulation also applies to ethanol flex fuels, which are defined as a mixture of gasoline and ethanol containing more than 10% but less than 83% ethanol by volume. For ethanol blends containing no greater than 50% ethanol by volume, retailers must post the exact percentage of ethanol concentration, rounded to the nearest multiple of 10. For ethanol blends containing more than 50% but no greater than 83% ethanol by volume, retailers must post the exact percentage of ethanol concentration, round to the nearest multiple of 10, or indicate that the fuel contains 51% to 83% ethanol."

from http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/laws/ETH/US

Your reading that wrong. Read the last sentence. Long story short. It will actually let you know what ethanol content you are putting in your tank to the nearest 10%. So instead of winter blends screwing with your tune, because you think you are pumping e-85 you are actually running e50. It just means the retailer has to pay attention to what he is selling and post it properly at the pumps.