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Am I correct in believing E15 is NOT recommended for my JT?
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Am I correct in believing E15 is NOT recommended for my JT?
IIRC reading through other posts, regular unleaded 87-89 octane is the recommended fuel. Flex fuel (AKA ethanol E85) is not recommended.
 

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Not sure I would want that in my truck ever if it is allowable.
It's within the design specs of the engine. You shouldn't hesitate to use it stock. If you can show me a case where the 3.6 has been damaged by E15 I'd be interested to see it. Otherwise I think this is all just in your head.
 

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Most gas stations in the US use E15 unless specifically stating it is ethanol free or E85. They are allowed UP TO E15 without having to say anything about it. It's pretty much unavoidable. But yes, we are able to use up to E15 with our trucks.

@BAT You'd have to go to ethanol free specific stations. Unfortunately, there's only 2 "near" me. 1 is for boats at a reservoir, and the other is at our speedway, not close to me.
 

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Most gas stations in the US use E15 unless specifically stating it is ethanol free or E85. They are allowed UP TO E15 without having to say anything about it. It's pretty much unavoidable. But yes, we are able to use up to E15 with our trucks.

@BAT You'd have to go to ethanol free specific stations. Unfortunately, there's only 2 "near" me. 1 is for boats at a reservoir, and the other is at our speedway, not close to me.
Yep I have a giant Buccee's about 5 miles from my house rows and rows of ethanol free gas. Its the only place I know around me that has it. I have to pay a bit more for it. Could all just be in my head but seems my truck runs a bit better on the ethanol free gas
 

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E15 is fine. Anything higher than 15% ethanol is not. This means virtually any regular pump gas you'll find on the road is usable.
Yep I think I was thinking of E85
 

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Yep I have a giant Buccee's about 5 miles from my house rows and rows of ethanol free gas. Its the only place I know around me that has it. I have to pay a bit more for it. Could all just be in my head but seems my truck runs a bit better on the ethanol free gas
You should be getting about 15% better mileage than us :P Well, less than that as Ethanol isn't void of go power lol.
 

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You should be getting about 15% better mileage than us :P Well, less than that as Ethanol isn't void of go power lol.
E10 is about 3% less energy than pure gas, e15 about 5% so you should see about 3% better gas mileage than just the normal 87. Makes it easy to know if the e15 is a good deal too, it needs to be 2% cheaper versus the e10 to make it worth while.
 

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E10 is about 3% less energy than pure gas, e15 about 5% so you should see about 3% better gas mileage than just the normal 87. Makes it easy to know if the e15 is a good deal too, it needs to be 2% cheaper versus the e10 to make it worth while.
Well, sort of. But e15 is also slightly higher octane, at 88 vs 87. Around here, e15 is sold out of blue pumps, at 88 octane, and e85 is in yellow pumps. "Regular" unleaded is in the black pumps, and at "up to" 10% ethanol.
 

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Am I correct in believing E15 is NOT recommended for my JT?
Commonly called U88 - it's absolutely fine. It's defined in Iowa as having "between 12 and 15% ethanol"
And Jeep says up to 15 is fine.
I run it any time I can and it's fine.

Most gas stations in the US use E15 unless specifically stating it is ethanol free or E85. They are allowed UP TO E15 without having to say anything about it. It's pretty much unavoidable. But yes, we are able to use up to E15 with our trucks.
Most stations don't have U88 or "E 15" Most have 10%, and here that's defined as having "up to 10% ethanol". 15% is known by U88, which is "unleaded 88 octane" and they get the 88 by going up to 15% ethanol.
15% (which is normally a bit under that here) is U88 - 88 octane, called U88 when called by the proper defined name. It's blue pumps, yes.

Mine actually does quite well on U88 (15%) and is 10 cents cheaper here, so that's what I've been using for the last several months.

E85 is up to 85% but almost always less in studies here.
The different terms people apply gets things really confused and messed up.
I told my wife we could and should use U88 and so she sees an E85 and says "this is fine, right" and I say no it's not fine - no green, no yellow pumps.
Only red or blue.
 

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It's within the design specs of the engine. You shouldn't hesitate to use it stock. If you can show me a case where the 3.6 has been damaged by E15 I'd be interested to see it. Otherwise I think this is all just in your head.
Yup - I've been running it for months. Every since the newer Casey's stations started selling it. 10 cents cheaper, and my truck does great on it. My MPG hasn't dropped even a tiny bit (university studies show no differences between 10 and 15% in mpg, it's when you get 20 and over you look for differences)

People know my truck has been trouble free, rattle free, mis-fire free and for the tires and weight I've added, I do decent mpg. I'm hitting between 19.5 and 20.3 right now, mixed driving. And that's with U88 (*E15 if you prefer)

Repeating myself -
I've been dealing with cars and trucks and small engines, lawn and garden equipment for decades, I have seen no damage that wasn't owner-caused (leaving fuel in a carburetor or other parts for several months) My newer chain saw and trimmer and generator I do run straight fuel because they say ethanol will void the warranty but geesh, have you see the microscopic passages in those aluminum parts? Let 'em sit for 10 months and you trash them even with pure gas.
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