Winter gas

Sir Roostsalot
Edited Date/Time 1/16/2016 9:28am
I own a 2010 Chevrolet Colorado LT ext cab pickup, 2WD, 5 cyl, automatic trans. I usually get 400 miles to the 16 gal. tank. I'm in the northeast and I can barely get 300 miles to a tank now. Friend told me it's the "winter blend" gasoline. WTF?!!!!!! How can this be and what gives? My mileage is down over 6 miles per gallon. Truck runs fine and no CEL on.
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harescrambled 1/15/2016 7:45pm
1/15/2016 7:45pm
Different mix to allow it to vaporize at low temps. Welcome to my world. I lose about 25% mileage when they go to the winter blend... That's on top of what I'm losing running 10% ethanol gas
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Hut 1/15/2016 7:48pm
1/15/2016 7:48pm
Winter blend diesel (#1 and #2 blend) is used to prevent gelling and does indeed have lower btu so less mpg.
I don't know about gasoline but might have something to do with having ethanol added in cooler months???
harescrambled 1/15/2016 9:59pm
1/15/2016 9:59pm
Hut wrote:
Winter blend diesel (#1 and #2 blend) is used to prevent gelling and does indeed have lower btu so less mpg. I don't know about gasoline...
Winter blend diesel (#1 and #2 blend) is used to prevent gelling and does indeed have lower btu so less mpg.
I don't know about gasoline but might have something to do with having ethanol added in cooler months???
Same shiz with gasoline...which was what my post was referring to. There's always ethanol in the gas around here. I didn't know diesel owners had to go through the same crap with reduced mileage
sandspider250 1/16/2016 8:16am
1/16/2016 8:16am
I noticed she cranks over a tad longer before firing up too

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motogeezer 1/16/2016 9:28am
1/16/2016 9:28am
One of the reasons I finally sold my '68 Porsche.

It wouldn't run for shit on modern gas; Summer or Winter blend didn't matter.

The only "blend" that it would run properly on was half 91 octane pump, and half Sunoco 110 leaded.

The oxygenated crap they call gas these days started boiling in the carburetors when the car was up to temp.

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