will extended e85 use clean carbon off pistons and valves?

[twistedneck]

I have been running e85 on my 2012 GT for a few years now.

Do you think my pistons look nice and clean? Valves? I ask because they had a lot of carbon on them visible during my head swap. I was running 93 at the time.

 

[04sleeper]

I pulled an 04 Cobra motor apart running 93 for 30,000 miles and then E85 for only 3,000 and you could pretty much clean off the pistons with WD-40 and a rag. It was very clean!

So from my personal experience, I would say yes.

 

[DSG2003SVT]

Yet another fantastic side affect of the moonshine.

 

[c6zhombre]

Not a ford...actually an ls3 gto...but pretty cool none the less. Take a look at this

Before with 93 use

After 3000 miles E85 use!

http://ls1tech.com/forums/fueling-injection/1561739-e85-subsidies-whats-everyone-s-thought.html

 

[twistedneck]

Not a ford...actually an ls3 gto...but pretty cool none the less. Take a look at this

Before with 93 use

After 3000 miles E85 use!

http://ls1tech.com/forums/fueling-injection/1561739-e85-subsidies-whats-everyone-s-thought.html

That is some supreme cleaning of the pistons, I bet the valves were clean too. Thanks for posting!

 

[jblood37]

Holy hell. Thanks for the pics. I feel pretty good about my switch to the corn. :coolman:

 

[DHG1078]

Wow I actually didn't know this was a side effect of E85! That is pretty cool. This won't help the valves at all if we were running direct injection though.

 

[DSG2003SVT]

That's what meth is for.

BMW is looking at installing an OEM water injection system in the next couple of years for "increased power output at high load" on their DI engines. Increased power is definitely there, but I'd bet that their main reason is because they're tired of media blasting those valves clean on 75,000 mile DI vehicles.