MSU Studies Ethanol Blends' Effects on Cars

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Monday, March 23, 2009 7:54 AM
(Source: The Free Press)By Dan Linehan, The Free Press, Mankato, Minn.

Mar. 23--MANKATO -- The fruits, so far, of a $497,000 grant to Minnesota State University to study ethanol: A 20 percent blend appears to be no harder on vehicles than regular gasoline.

The study, led by Bruce Jones and Jim Rife in MSU's automotive engineering technology department, has tested the effects of different blends of ethanol on the raw materials of a vehicle as well as fuel system parts.

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