Chris2012 Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 I don't know how much they add in S.Africa, but I read of a guy w/a Toyota that had that problem. Ethyl alcohol = ethanol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GnatGoSplat Posted November 5, 2013 Report Share Posted November 5, 2013 Found this on Google. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016236110005983#f0010 Looking at the pic in Fig 2, I would say most definitely ethanol corrodes aluminum. Yes, Wikipedia says ethyl alcohol = ethanol. The fuel rail and FPR body in the early 2.8/3.1s are made entirely of aluminum. I'd imagine there would have to be some corrosion from running E10 or higher blends. Maybe not enough to cause problems early on, but it seems like that would surely cause problems in the long term. I don't know about the 3100 and newer engines, I imagine they probably switched to steel as some are flex fuel now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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