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Appearance
Care
Fuel
(CONT.)
What about gasoline with .blending
materialsthat contain oxygen, such as
MTBE
or alcohol?
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MTBE is ''m&hYl tefiiary-butyl
ether," Fuel that -is. no more than 15%
MTBE is
fine %or your vehicle..
Ethanol
is .ethyl or -grain alcohol.
.Prop,erly-bknded he1 that is no more
than 10% ethanol is fine €or your
vehicle.
Methanol
i s
methyl
or
wcrod alcohoI.
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Gasdines for Cleaner Air
Your
use of gasoline with detergent
additives will help pr-event deposits
from foxrning in your engine and
fuel
system. That helps keep your engine
in
tune and your emission control system
workijng properly. 1t"s good for.your
vehicle, md.,yoU'll be doing-your part
for cleaner- air.
Many gasolines are now blended with
materials called oxygenates, General
Motors ree.omrnends'that-.you
use
ga.s.olines with these blending materials,
suchas MTBEa~~.~~~af?crX.By.doing
so,
y . 0 ~ can help clean the air, especially
in
those parts. of thecountry that have
high carbon monoxide levels.
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