Just found out a local station sells e-85

[novaderrik]

it cleans the tops of the pistons the the way it does becasue it burns so clean- when burning gas, the carbon on the pistons is constantly being replenished, whereas with a heavy mix of ethanol, there is virtually no carbon residue, so the carbon that is there gets blown off and not replaced. the same thing happens in the exhaust pipes after combustion.
and this has NOTHING to do with what it's going to do on the other side of things before it gets squirted into the intake port..
any car that has been driven in an area that has had blended gas for any period of time should have no issues with crap getting cleaned out of the tank and sucked into the pump- look at the areas where E85 is readily available, and most of those places have had blended gas for the better part of 20 years now. any problems that older cars were going to have with the new gas have been taken care of for 15-20 years now. and i don't know of too many old cars that had any problems with blended fuel over the years.

[86george]

Originally Posted by DR.BOOSTER

I have an E85 car, and it will clean sensors and the tops of pistons like Methanol will, that goes along with my point of it cleaning your fuel tank which is why you should change your fuel filter after 1k miles. Have you guys checked your plugs since changing to E85 at least, notice anything different than gas??

These are not myths like stated in this thread, ethanol could clean some GN owners dirty, rusted tank and create a possible issue. Don't see the point in saying changing fuel filters is a myth when Ethanol will do exactly what I stated.

bsdlinux, I take it your vague post means you've yet to drop your tank and check your fuel filter since running it on E85 correct? Hard to be a Mythbuster when you have NO proof yourself to bust them with. All this myth busting so you can say you run the car stock on E85 to board members.

Dr. Boost, I agree that when you first start useing e85 you should change the filter soon and often until you're confindent that you're not clogging up things. The intank pick up sock could clog rather easily. I have a external pump and don't use a pickup sock. I like to prefilter any fuel that i put in from 5 gal cans. Coffee filters in the funnel seam to work for this. I changed my filter last week cut it open and couldn't find any crud in there. Bought new set of plugs to install. Old plugs had light white color to them gaps still good.Reinstalled old plugs . Don't need new plugs yet.My car seams to prefer a 70% blend so i'm doing a 4 gal e85 & 1 gal 93 mix before i put in tne tank.By my math that should be close to a 70% blend.I'm useing a tt 93 chip and e85 in the spray also.I allso have a tt 108 chip that i've yet to try with e85.I know i'm not supposed to run e85 with 42 lb injecters but i think if i spray e85 too i should be ok up to 24/25lbs. Want do you think?

[J-B Racing]

I just found a place close by. Since I am in Canada here the fuel is sold in Litres = $1.29 which would make it about $5.16 Gallon. Is that a good price?
I am going to run my car on this and see how that goes..

Joe

[MrMNTTA]

Originally Posted by J-B Racing

I just found a place close by. Since I am in Canada here the fuel is sold in Litres = $1.29 which would make it about $5.16 Gallon. Is that a good price?
I am going to run my car on this and see how that goes..

Joe

Near me in Minnesota, E85 is about $2.85/gallon.

$5.16 for E85......

[J-B Racing]

Originally Posted by MrMNTTA

Near me in Minnesota, E85 is about $2.85/gallon.

$5.16 for E85......

Ya...Always more expensive up here..

[86george]

Originally Posted by J-B Racing

Ya...Always more expensive up here..

Hows the 5.16 per gal compared to 93 oct ? Here in N. east Illinois e85 is 3.39 and 87 is 3.89 at the same station. This is corn country and Illinois is a big ethanol produceing state but e85 stations are very few and far between.

[J-B Racing]

Originally Posted by 86george

Hows the 5.16 per gal compared to 93 oct ? Here in N. east Illinois e85 is 3.39 and 87 is 3.89 at the same station. This is corn country and Illinois is a big ethanol produceing state but e85 stations are very few and far between.

We have the Petro Canada 94 and it's $1.34 litre x 4 = $5.36 Gallon

[TurboGN86]

i ran 50/50+ mix in my carb'd C-20 when i had it. ran alot better then the gas, might have been it cleaning out the clogged lines though.. lol. but either way i did see the drop in gas milage, and it did run a little rough in the mornings. still i didnt mind spending the few dollars on the E-85, compared to the more expensive gas. with me being a broke youngin anything to saw a little $ for the buick was a +. one day it will run again i swear.