I'm renting an Impala and am using E85 ethanol. My wife overheard me saying..."when I see the yellow hose...I fill up and save 30 cents per gallon! She assumed she could fill up with it yesterday and bragged to me that she paid under $3.00 a gallon doing so. I called my Lexus/Toyota shop and they said it was not dangerous. They say it will run bad, get bad mileage but not stall or strand her in the middle of an intersection, the check engine light would come on, it would produce some "lean codes", but just to drive the E85 ethanol out.
My questions are;
- is there something I can buy at an auto parts store to boost the octane?
- has anyone tried running ethanol?
- what if the car runs great, can we continue using E85?
- are we screwed?
- or should I tow the car to my shop and have them drain the system?
- our 2nd generation is a 2004 Avalon
Reply 1 : HELP!...wife accidentally filled our tank w/ E85 Ethanol
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Originally Posted by mymark 
I'm renting an Impala and am using E85 ethanol. My wife overheard me saying..."when I see the yellow hose...I fill up and save 30 cents per gallon! She assumed she could fill up with it yesterday and bragged to me that she paid under $3.00 a gallon doing so. I called my Lexus/Toyota shop and they said it was not dangerous. They say it will run bad, get bad mileage but not stall or strand her in the middle of an intersection, the check engine light would come on, it would produce some "lean codes", but just to drive the E85 ethanol out.
My questions are;
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If you are still worried, refill at the 1/4 empty and then again at the 1/2 empty--whatever combination as long as you dilute it with regular gas. One tank isn't going to hurt the car at all. If you google E85, you get info on what components are reinforced or different just so that your vehicle can run on E85.
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