# Ethanol free fuel

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** envoy, gmc\
**Created:** [July 12, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696 "2010-07-12T07:31:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![medmonson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@medmonson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/medmonson)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 7:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696/1 "2010-07-12T07:31:59Z")

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Is it safe for me to use ethanol free fuel in my car 2004 envoy

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696/2 "2010-07-12T14:02:56Z")

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Yes. It’s best, in fact, if you can manage to find it.

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**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696/3 "2010-07-12T14:10:17Z")

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Yes. And your car will probably get better MPG.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 3:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696/4 "2010-07-12T15:14:06Z")

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Yes, as long as you use the correct octane.

You may notice slightly better gas mileage with pure gasoline as opposed to gas with 10% ethanol.

I always choose ethanol-free gasoline when it’s available.

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**Author:** ![ignoramus9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/d07c76/32.png) [@ignoramus9](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ignoramus9)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696/5 "2010-07-12T16:19:26Z")

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actually the ethanol is not free, you pay for it along with the real gas.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2010, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ethanol-free-fuel/51696/6 "2010-07-12T17:37:27Z")

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😉

But the taxpayers help with a 52-cent/gallon blend tax credit to ethanol.

Yet another way the average motoring citizen is subsidizing the corn industry.