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      10-11-2012, 03:22 PM   #34
Carl Morris
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Drives: 2008 335xi 6MT
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Originally Posted by raceyBMW View Post
Very true, and E85 is a lot easier to come by....I am still hesitant though, mainly because this is a car I plan to keep for 100k+miles.
I plan to keep mine for a very long time. I put over 250k on my last car. At least 50k of that was on E85 mixes and it was a much older fuel system. I'm not worried about it. The only thing to watch for is fuel pressure dropping. Over the years you will probably have to replace fuel filters and fuel pump pickup "socks" (if we have one) more often that you would otherwise need to. As in "maybe once instead of ignoring it for the entire life of the car". The symptom in both cases is fuel pressure falling off when it shouldn't.
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