Adventures in E85 - Black goo, brushes, no answers, and other risky endeavors
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What motor oil are you using now that your on e85?
Castrol 5w50 Syntec
it seems to me, you had something else fail in the system...and its highly plausible it isnt related to the e85
the filter twisting seems to say to me the fuel pumps were pushing hard like they were supposed to but something past the fuel filter was causing an issue.
the filter twisting seems to say to me the fuel pumps were pushing hard like they were supposed to but something past the fuel filter was causing an issue.
That's an interesting thought. Regulator? Time will tell since going back with even bigger higher flowing pumps....well see what happens to a brand new filter.
the fact its a fine powder dust would suggest to me something was wearing improperly. Could have been the fuel pumps internally...but I would say definitely due to a faulty part and not e85. Ethanol doesnt make moving parts grind themselves up slowly.
could have been some garbage in the system small enough to get past the fuel pump socks but cause the pumps to grenade as well.
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Started off w/Stryker 340's and had some black on the filter like others have posted but nothing bad. Switched to the 465's and will be changing my filter tomorrow for a dyno Tuesday am. I'll post up a picture here when I pull the filter.
Just to be 100% check the diaphram(SP?) in the regulator.
Sorry to hear about this. I run e85 and haven't had an issue although I am a completely different platform. I'd hope it wouldn't be some sort of coating that the e85 is eating off from inside the tank as you'd think the tank could hold up to corrosive fuels such as ethanol considering 93 pump gas has 10% at most pumps. Good luck to you on figuring this out.
Thanks. Me too. Car is finished now. Just drove it 40+ miles home. Got on it a few times and all seems well. 465s's are in. on fresh socks and filter. Lets see how she does going forward. :banana: Uploading photos.
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I did not grab a pic of the filter that we swapped in last week but i can tell you it was dirty for roughly only 100 miles. So that my friends... is it... for now.
The data support no conclusions as yet, and i plan on sticking with my plan to run the car a while, swap filters, repeat..... and monitor. I will snap a pic every time I change filters and post here to keep a record. We head back to track this Wednesday to try and get that 1/4 mile pass in....one last time before i have to change setup's for the mile. Hopefully we can make the spray pass this time.
Say prayers to the torque management gods for me!
The data support no conclusions as yet, and i plan on sticking with my plan to run the car a while, swap filters, repeat..... and monitor. I will snap a pic every time I change filters and post here to keep a record. We head back to track this Wednesday to try and get that 1/4 mile pass in....one last time before i have to change setup's for the mile. Hopefully we can make the spray pass this time.
Say prayers to the torque management gods for me!
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just because i seemed to miss it
you had 405's for less than 1k miles and they are ruined and you swapped to 465's going to see if these last
you had 405's for less than 1k miles and they are ruined and you swapped to 465's going to see if these last
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