My understanding of E85 is that it requires a higher compression engine
to function well. No idea if it will eat the lines or etch stuff, just
may not have enough bang to keep your car from pinging itself to death
On Oct 15, 2006, at 9:19 PM, Zoltan Finks wrote:
Gang,
This may sound a bit like the recent question regarding use of
Biodiesel,
but it's something else I've needed cleared up for a while.
I heard from a mechanic friend of mine that it's fine to run E85 in a
vehicle that's not equipped to run it *IF* you are going to run the
whole of
the fuel through the system within a day or so. (in other words, say
you
were embarking on a long road trip - you'd fill up with E85, and burn
it all
off). The critical thing, I'm told, is that you don't let the E85 sit
in
your tank and lines for days or weeks.
I trust this source, but before attempting this maneuver, and
potentially
damaging up our vehicle, I thought I'd gather several opinions from a
variety of people. Enter our glorious list!
Oh, I should mention that - no - I'm not talking about running it in my
diesel. It's a 2000 Honda CRV. Heck, maybe I should try it in our 84
Saab
900 first - it's worth less money (but has so much more character).
Brian
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