loss of ower when using ethanol

Asked by gerryl1942 Nov 22, 2016 at 12:13 PM about the 1991 Dodge Dakota LE LB RWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

when the air temp is 60 to 70 degrees and warmer my truck will lose power driving down the hiway when using ethanol.

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F_O_R answered 8 years ago

Ethanol has a lot less energy than gasoline so your truck should have less power. What kind of power loss do you have and are you running straight ethanol?

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