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E85 What you Need To Know!
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<blockquote data-quote="low12lightning" data-source="post: 10228933" data-attributes="member: 55497"><p>I am a believer in e85 but it does have an adverse effect on fuel systems. The stuff is really corosive due to the fact that it absorbs moisture. I have replaced one weldon regulator already that was totally rusted out. It is a small price to pay for the price and performance of the fuel. I worked for a team that was sponsored by Pontiac for awhile, that ran e85 in all our race cars. One was a 14 to 1 compression ecotec that ran 16 PSI and used e85 right out of the pump. The only issues we had is letting a barrel sit to long 50% full that absorbed a lot of water and the car would not run correctly. You should never let a e85 car sit with a half tank of fuel. With that much room to absorb moisture the fuel will have enough water to rust anything steel. We also would fog the cylinders if it sat for any amount of time, as recomended by our GM racing engineer. I would definatly recomend alcohol compatable fuel parts, but regualar fuel parts will work, BUT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. NEVER use paper element fuel filters, they become water logged and will eventually not let any fuel flow and damage pumps. I'm not saying this becuase i read it on a post somewhere on the internet. I learned the hard way and have replaced 2 weldon pumps becuase of this. Make sure you use a stainless mesh filter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="low12lightning, post: 10228933, member: 55497"] I am a believer in e85 but it does have an adverse effect on fuel systems. The stuff is really corosive due to the fact that it absorbs moisture. I have replaced one weldon regulator already that was totally rusted out. It is a small price to pay for the price and performance of the fuel. I worked for a team that was sponsored by Pontiac for awhile, that ran e85 in all our race cars. One was a 14 to 1 compression ecotec that ran 16 PSI and used e85 right out of the pump. The only issues we had is letting a barrel sit to long 50% full that absorbed a lot of water and the car would not run correctly. You should never let a e85 car sit with a half tank of fuel. With that much room to absorb moisture the fuel will have enough water to rust anything steel. We also would fog the cylinders if it sat for any amount of time, as recomended by our GM racing engineer. I would definatly recomend alcohol compatable fuel parts, but regualar fuel parts will work, BUT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. NEVER use paper element fuel filters, they become water logged and will eventually not let any fuel flow and damage pumps. I'm not saying this becuase i read it on a post somewhere on the internet. I learned the hard way and have replaced 2 weldon pumps becuase of this. Make sure you use a stainless mesh filter. [/QUOTE]
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