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Old 09-21-2016, 07:36 PM   #11
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I was thinking the other day that gasoline just seems dirtier today than it used to.... or maybe it's just me.

I have been noticing this dirty film behind the fill door around my gas cap build up more over the last bunch of years than i ever remember before. Just the other day I was noticing another car at a stoplight had the funk multiplying and growing out form behind the gas fill door...

I wonder if this might be related to the topic of this thread....
That is more than likely the farmers subsidy (ethanol) building up you're talking about. The government wants 10% ethanol in the gas, worst thing for your engine, which in turn cuts your mpg by 10%, but now the farmer has a market for his corn.
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