Can you get an Hummer H3 to take ethanol?

I have been researching ethanol vehicles and found that you can get a system installed so your vehicle can take ethanol. Can this be done with all vehicles? particularly an H3 Hummer? i know it is expensive to install, but can it be done?


just curious- don't actually own one.|||Yes, the engine in the H3 is nothing more than the engine in a full size van (amazingly, the entire frame is a full size van too...) You need to change out the seals and possibly the injector lines, but any gasoline engine can be converted to ethanol... the cost is actually not very expensive if you do the work yourself, it's the labor that you are paying for, having the engine removed and taken apart... the parts are very cheap.





Ethanol is not very corrosive ;) It does dissolve rubber, but will have no effect on most plastics or any metals...|||trip, you're a dumbass.

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|||yes, but it would be expensive, as you have to have all components that come in contact with fuel have to be changed. ethanol is very corrosive and will corrode much more than gas.|||It does not take any install.


E-85 works in most all noncarborated vehicles.





You have a hummer and your worried about fuel costs?





Is that like eating fatty food and drinking a diet soda?|||yes but it wouldn't be worth it because it would go from hummer emissions to SUV level emissions. you cant lower the emissions of a car that gets 12 gallons to the mile|||go to www.e85fuel.com , there is a list of cars that will run on e85, and where you can find it, along with a lot of other great information about ethanol.|||Well I don't really know if all vehicles can actually do this or should I say if there is a system for each kind of vehicle. I can say this about the whole thing. What a boondoggle this whole thing is. It still uses mostly petroleum, and does nothing different for gas economy or the environment. So you will pay a lot more money for a car that runs on a fuel that will be hard to find and is just as expensive (if not more), and does nothing to release us from foreign oil, or environmental impacts. I would wait around for Hydrogen powered cars, this is when we will be able to do something in a positive direction.|||The answer is yes. The H3 is a Chevrolet pickup frame, and running gear. It can be converted, but the cost would pretty hefty. Most gasoline vehicles can be converted to ethanol, or better yet, produced the run on ethanol. The problem is the demand would far out weigh the supply, and who is going to build ethanol production facilities. Certainly not oil companies.|||Check your owners manual or contact your local dealer to see if your H3(Colorado) will run on E-85(85% ethanol). Many of GM's vehicle will run on this with no modifications. If it is not designed to run on E-85 the highest % of ethanol you could run without aftermarket modification would be 10-15%.