Sentences with phrase «e15 fuel blends»

Pre-2001 car engines, parts and systems may not be able to handle E15 fuel blends (15 % ethanol, 85 % gasoline), adversely affecting engine, fuel pump and sensor durability.

Not exact matches

The danger is posed by a certain blend of motor vehicle fuel called E15, which may damage the engines of motorcycles, all - terrain vehicles, boats and powered equipment.»

The American Motorcyclist Association is well aware of the dangers of fuels with higher ethanol blends, like E15.

The EPA rushed through approval in allowing a blended fuel with up to 15 percent ethanol (E15) without adequate testing.

NASCAR racing team owner Richard Childress has an op - ed in the Charlotte Observer this week in which he renders a full - throttle endorsement of E15 gasoline and the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the federal program that requires more and more ethanol be blended into the nation's fuel supFuel Standard (RFS), the federal program that requires more and more ethanol be blended into the nation's fuel supfuel supply.

They want Washington to force refiners like ExxonMobil to blend 15 percent ethanol — or E15 — into the motor - fuel supply.

«Strengthen the Renewable Fuel Standard so that it drives the development of advanced cellulosic and other advanced biofuels, protects consumers, improves access to E15, E85, and biodiesel blends, and provides investment certainty.»

Research has shown higher ethanol blends, such as E15, could damage vehicle engines and fuel pump systems, socking consumers with the repair bills.

The ethanol lobby's biggest voice, the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA), issued a press release last week trying to defend E15, the controversial fuel blend containing up to 15 percent ethanol.

With EPA last week proposing ethanol - use requirements for 2014, 2015 and 2016 under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), the ethanol industry no doubt will keep lobbying to foist increasing amounts of higher - ethanol blend fuels like E15 and E85 on the motoring public.