I just filled my gas tank with Flex Fuel accidently (it’s late, I’m tired, and I usually just grab the nozzle on the left). My son said, “Drain that tank before you drive another mile.” My friend who works at a gas station said, “I don’t think it will hurt it, just drive it and don’t do it again.”…

What year Camry? How much did you put in? The “Flex-Fuel” is corn-based ethanol, which most gas contains a certain percentage of these days. The main problem with using it on non-flex fuel vehicles is that it is corrosive to some of the fuel components, but this is more of a long-term risk and a si…

If you were near empty, and you filled it all the way up, I’d drain it. Better to spend $100 now, and not worry about your car.

Draining the tank doesn’t have to be done the hard way. Just buy a cheap siphon pump at the auto parts store and get as much E85 out as you can. Then fill it up with regular fuel. If you can find pure gasoline (without 10% Ethanol), that would be better for filling up. If you can’t find pure gas…

Most new cars can’t be siphoned this way. There is a check valve in the fuel fill line that will prevent the siphon hose from entering the tank. I pump tanks out by disconnecting the fuel line and affixing an extension hose (sometime not easy due to weird fuel fittings). Then you just need to pul…

Flex Fuel Accidently put in Camry

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pleasedodgevan January 20, 2009, 5:44am 2

The proper thing to do is to drain the tank before there is damage. Your smog stuff doesn’t like that fuel at all. If you like flashing dashboard lights…

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Flex Fuel Accidently put in Camry

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