E 85 Consequences?
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Fill the tank and use Lucas E85 fuel stabilizer.
I wouldn't leave e85 sitting in the tank that long. There will likely be no ill effect on the fuel tank itself or your lines but e85 draws in moisture and begins to water down. You can try some fun stabilizer but I would still recommend against it
Great information. Thanks. I'm very close to having a Fore fuel system installed and need to know what i'm getting into. The car is basically a weekend toy, so what's the best way to store the car if you only take it out two or three times a month? Thank you.
Should i keep the tank filled with E85 and add Lucas Stabilizer as mentioned above or is that only meant for long term storage? Can you beat on with Lucas in the tank?
Should i keep the tank filled with E85 and add Lucas Stabilizer as mentioned above or is that only meant for long term storage? Can you beat on with Lucas in the tank?
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another option being to have a pump gas tune as well, before storage run the tank down, fill with pump gas.
Hold on Hold on..... So if I plan on taking it out only on the weekends then I have to keep it filled with 93 during the week? That would mean having to burn a take of 93 before i can run some E85. Man, there's go to be another way.
talk to @04sleeper about this, maybe we're wrong about the 6 month thing.
6 months and 5 days are different things man...I dont see a problem with keeping E85 in the car, driving it over the weekend and it sitting until the following weekend. With E85 its not like its gonna last ya real long per fill up anyway unless you really arent driving it far at all
6 months and 5 days are different things man...I dont see a problem with keeping E85 in the car, driving it over the weekend and it sitting until the following weekend. With E85 its not like its gonna last ya real long per fill up anyway unless you really arent driving it far at all
I asked about six months just to understand what could happen in the worse case scenario, but i'm really just concerned with how i'm going to run E85 in a weekend warrior. Anyway... so you say run it on the weekends with E85 and leave it empty till i run it again with E85 in a week or two? No need to do anything?
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If the tank is full there is no air for the E85 to pull moisture from.
I was in full boost with lucas in the E85, no issues.
I was in full boost with lucas in the E85, no issues.
So for a weekend car you recommend keeping in filled with E 85 and Lucas while it sits during the week? Thank you.
If you keep the tank full and drive weekly I wouldn't worry about it. Maybe run some lucas every couple of months. When a tank sits close to empty, water vapor has a lot of surface area to condensate onto.
Nothing to do with moisture. It is the acetobacter bacteria that feeds on the ethanol and excretes acetic acid.
Fuel stabilizer like Lucas contains diphenylamine which is a biocide that kills the bacteria.
Normally cycling the e85 out with a fresh fill essentially washes out the bacteria, so someone continually emptying the tank and filling up each week will never have a problem. It is when the fuel sits for a long enough period.
I've seen acetobacter destroy transfer pumps in as little as 5 months.
Fuel stabilizer like Lucas contains diphenylamine which is a biocide that kills the bacteria.
Normally cycling the e85 out with a fresh fill essentially washes out the bacteria, so someone continually emptying the tank and filling up each week will never have a problem. It is when the fuel sits for a long enough period.
I've seen acetobacter destroy transfer pumps in as little as 5 months.
I really don't think it wud make a rats ass bit of difference as long as it was driven occasionally but the suggestions given can't hurt
So for a car that is not a DD that you take out two or three times a month for fun with E 85 you recommend draining out as much E 85 as possibly and leaving the tank essentially empty until the next time I put some E 85 in it? That seems like it would be the most convenient way for me to do this. Anyone else do it this way? Wondering if draining it still leaves enough E behind to attract moisture and the dreaded black goo?
"Normally cycling the e85 out with a fresh fill essentially washes out the bacteria, so someone continually emptying the tank and filling up each week will never have a problem. It is when the fuel sits for a long enough period."
I follow you . Thing is, I'm not " continually emptying the tank and filling up each week." I'm taking the car out on the weekends only. I'm also trying to determine what a " long period of time is."
BigPoppa, do you recommend, for a weekend warrior, to burn a tank of E on the weekend and keep it filled with E during the week while the car sits. Would you keep Lucas in it or just add for a car that sits longer that a week? Thank you.
I follow you . Thing is, I'm not " continually emptying the tank and filling up each week." I'm taking the car out on the weekends only. I'm also trying to determine what a " long period of time is."
BigPoppa, do you recommend, for a weekend warrior, to burn a tank of E on the weekend and keep it filled with E during the week while the car sits. Would you keep Lucas in it or just add for a car that sits longer that a week? Thank you.
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