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Old 11-01-2012   #45
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Re: E85 Blends

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Originally Posted by Kracka View Post
62% doesn't meet the EPA's requirements for E85 so my initial thoughts are to verify the accuracy of the testers since they could face huge fines, plus it just doesn't make sense economically to blend at that level.
Although it could have been, as stated before, old contaminated E70, the lower limits of E85 seems to be 51% as stated at the .gov website.

http://www.afdc.energy.gov/fuels/ethanol_e85_specs.html
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