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14. You fail to debate correctly. Impeach what I have said and provide references that back up your claims

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #13)

Sun Apr 12, 2026, 04:51 PM

Sunday

I think where you are getting this discussion wrong and taking what I back up in my replies, has to do with how you are commingling terms. Ethanol will not damage an:
engine.

You are not impeaching that fact!

What you are referring to has to do with a vehicle's:
fuel system. I've already covered this in my OP.

See the difference? Engine does not equal fuel system. Ethanol will not chemically damage an engine, because there is no mechanism in the ethanol molecule to do so.

Everything I've stated is fact, especially when it comes to Chemistry 101. Impeach what I've said. If you cannot do that, then at the very least, learn from what I've posted. If you cannot do that, you can take your arguments up with Chevron and others I've used to back up my claims.

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As E15 Gas Becomes More Common, Remember That It's Terrible For These Engines [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Sunday OP

Um .... what choice do we have? Like there are E10 only gas stations? /nt bucolic_frolic Sunday #1

Gemini: Who Enforces the Rules? bucolic_frolic Sunday #3

Do NOT use in Toyotas. It will VOID your warranty... hlthe2b Sunday #2

Not sure where the 96 percent from. Old Crank Sunday #5

Ignoring that discrepancy, to suggest the overwhelming majority of cars manufactured AFTER 2000 hlthe2b Sunday #8

I have a 2019 VW GTI Autobahn. The owners manual says to use E-free, so that's what I do. ms liberty Sunday #4

I have been reading some articles by Jalopnik Old Crank Sunday #6

File this misinformation under, as my dad would say, OH, BULLSHIT! This is a story paid for by the petroleum industry. ffr Sunday #7

Ethanol can be corrosive. And if you want to void a Toyota warranty that specifically says so, hlthe2b Sunday #9

Thank you for confirming what I wrote and you appearently didn't read in what I wrote. ffr Sunday #10

You wrote: "is ethanol harmful to engines. No" hlthe2b Sunday #11

That is not my opinion, that is fact! Ethanol has no chemical properties in it that harms engines. ffr Sunday #12

Simply not true. I am not going to argue with someone who ignores basic chemistry and hlthe2b Sunday #13

You fail to debate correctly. Impeach what I have said and provide references that back up your claims ffr Sunday #14

No I just don't see you worth my time. Ethanol is inherently corrosive--only a matter of degree hlthe2b Sunday #15

Once again, you are failing to impeach what I've said. You use a cut-n-paste from a biodieselfoundation.org "blog?' ffr Sunday #16

Ah yes. "If you can't dazzle them with brilliance, baffle them with bullshit"... hlthe2b Sunday #17

It took you less than two minutes to read what I wrote and reply with all that? ffr Sunday #18

This is a tragic turn of events for the world's largest wetland, the Pantanal. NNadir Sunday #19