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E85 eating main bearings???
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<blockquote data-quote="Drazga" data-source="post: 11410255" data-attributes="member: 93271"><p>:beer: </p><p></p><p>What degree T-stat would you recommend for E85?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>These flexfuel vehicles aren't the same as our cars (see my post above), but I agree it isn't a huge issue with E85 in vehicles as a generalization. I even agree that the tuners/builders blame it far too often but in cars being driven less frequently, more often on E85, running on more extreme conditions (tune, power, timing, AFR, etc.) and being driven harder.</p><p></p><p>What about the other cars that the bearings went on because of the tuner/builder? Have we narrowed it down to improper oil/bad tune/bad rings/prolonged oil changes (since it is proven to thin out oil slightly faster)?</p><p>I agree with all of your statements, but our cars are the ones with the odds against them as to where the flexfuel commuters have the favorable odds/qualities when consuming E85. :beer:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The questions I leave for the rest of you:</p><p>1. What thermostat would be ideal for a E85 car?</p><p>2. What can we do to ensure our oil is safe, aside from making sure the motor oil reaches a temperature to evaporate contaminants, changing it more frequently, and using the proper high-end real full synthetics with special additives that we've discussed?</p><p>3. What spark plugs are ideal? What gap?</p><p>4. What differences/problems do E98 and E100 present us with? Are they more prone to anything?</p><p>5. What about those of us who receive winter blend?</p><p>6. Would it be ideal to use "the backup" 93 octane tune when not racing, for lack of a better term to clean the system or expose it to less contaminants?</p><p>7. Would draining the tank down before it sits for extended periods be helpful for reducing the amount of water being absorbed?</p><p>8. Would a larger oil pan be more helpful, to help dilute the oil to water ratio that the bearings are exposed to?</p><p>9. When spinning an engine faster, would the bearings be more exposed (due to water) on E85 compared to say a comparable race gas?</p><p>10. When breaking in a built motor, I assume that 93 and the typical break in non-synthetic motor oil would be ideal? Then switch to E85 and the proper synthetic with additives when it is broken in?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drazga, post: 11410255, member: 93271"] :beer: What degree T-stat would you recommend for E85? These flexfuel vehicles aren't the same as our cars (see my post above), but I agree it isn't a huge issue with E85 in vehicles as a generalization. I even agree that the tuners/builders blame it far too often but in cars being driven less frequently, more often on E85, running on more extreme conditions (tune, power, timing, AFR, etc.) and being driven harder. What about the other cars that the bearings went on because of the tuner/builder? Have we narrowed it down to improper oil/bad tune/bad rings/prolonged oil changes (since it is proven to thin out oil slightly faster)? I agree with all of your statements, but our cars are the ones with the odds against them as to where the flexfuel commuters have the favorable odds/qualities when consuming E85. :beer: The questions I leave for the rest of you: 1. What thermostat would be ideal for a E85 car? 2. What can we do to ensure our oil is safe, aside from making sure the motor oil reaches a temperature to evaporate contaminants, changing it more frequently, and using the proper high-end real full synthetics with special additives that we've discussed? 3. What spark plugs are ideal? What gap? 4. What differences/problems do E98 and E100 present us with? Are they more prone to anything? 5. What about those of us who receive winter blend? 6. Would it be ideal to use "the backup" 93 octane tune when not racing, for lack of a better term to clean the system or expose it to less contaminants? 7. Would draining the tank down before it sits for extended periods be helpful for reducing the amount of water being absorbed? 8. Would a larger oil pan be more helpful, to help dilute the oil to water ratio that the bearings are exposed to? 9. When spinning an engine faster, would the bearings be more exposed (due to water) on E85 compared to say a comparable race gas? 10. When breaking in a built motor, I assume that 93 and the typical break in non-synthetic motor oil would be ideal? Then switch to E85 and the proper synthetic with additives when it is broken in? [/QUOTE]
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