by 3rspecb » Sat Dec 06, 2008 8:49 am
Ric,
Below is the responce I got from Subaru when I enquired about E10 a few months ago.
I asked the question becuase the Liberty servo near my house has 100octane E10.
Dear Mr ##$,
Thank you for your recent email to Feedback at Subaru Australia.
Regarding your enquiry in relation to fuels, please be advised your MY06
Liberty 3.0R spec. B is able to operate on a maximum of 10% Ethanol
blend as long as it meets the 3.0R's minimum fuel requirement of 95RON
or 95 Octane.
In conclusion our Subaru engines are not designed to run on E85. Ethanol
has much less energy per litre than petrol, so to get the same power and
drivability you have to run much more fuel through the engine. This
would require a complete engineering redesign of the vehicle fuel and
emissions systems. Ethanol is also more aggressive to fuel system
components when used in large quantities (such as E85).
We hope this information will be of assistance to you, once again thank
you for writing to us.
G.
MY06 3rspecb manual sedan, Urban Grey- Shockworks Coilovers '- Gone
MY17 SSv Redline, manual sedan, White.