E85 Ethanol in Rockland County

I’ve been researching converting the truck to flex fuel. It turns out that the engine only needs a little computer programming to run gas or e85 Ethanol or any combination. The computer is capable of detecting the alcohol and adjusting the engine so it works. The engine computer plug-in costs around $400.

There is a station in Spring Valley, about 3 miles from my house, that sells E85. As far as I can tell it is about $1 or $2 cheaper than gas. If I use 10 gallons a week that’s at least a $10 savings. So it pays for itself in less than a year.

I would like to try this, but $400 is too much for just an experiment. There is supposed to be an e85 pump in West Nyack and they are popping up all over the place, so availability is not the issue that it once was.

Here is the cheesy video that that Gas Station put on YouTube.