Subject	Wrong! The corrosion that is associated with alchohol fuels
Posted by	LitlElvis on September 09, 2020 at 11:54 AM
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In Reply To	If you want to avoid fuel system damage, you should increase posted by not4resaleZ on September 08, 2020 at 08:29 AM
Message	is caused by the water that alcohol absorbs when exposed to it. E85 has co-solvents added which allow it to absorb some water without separating from the gasoline. But these will only do the job up to the point of saturation where the water-laden ethanol separates from the gasoline, sinks to the bottom and begins to oxidize whatever reactive metal it comes in contact with. For anyone interested in how this works: E85 explained
Follow Ups	Has anyone done E85 or flex fuel conversion? - Mike@Zspeed1 18:16:45 09/07/20 Let me fill you in from the past 10 years.. - Stanky (BC) 18:59:51 09/07/20 Re: Let me fill you in from the past 10 years.. - Matt300ZXT 19:08:13 09/07/20 Re: Let me fill you in from the past 10 years.. - Mike@Zspeed1 20:26:16 09/07/20 I wouldn't say the corrosion potential with E85 is a myth - LitlElvis 11:39:53 09/09/20 Sure, if unsealed then yes it could separate - Stanky (BC) 19:18:34 09/09/20 DOE studies have shown that the gasoline in your ethanol - not4resaleZ 21:15:56 09/09/20 I don't give much credit to any video someone posts... - LitlElvis 12:32:35 09/10/20 People can also blow things way out of proportion. (n/m) - not4resaleZ 13:02:56 09/10/20 OK, so my point is you have put effort into preventing - LitlElvis 11:47:49 09/10/20 Yes. Did flex fuel on both my Zs via Haltech (n/m) - ForceFedTT 00:09:10 09/08/20 Re: Yes. Did flex fuel on both my Zs via Haltech - Mike@Zspeed1 05:29:49 09/08/20 If you want to avoid fuel system damage, you should increase - not4resaleZ 08:29:03 09/08/20 Do you DD yours? Drive it year-round? - RoidRage76 08:56:11 09/08/20 It's parked in the winter. 429 miles in the last 16 months. - not4resaleZ 09:21:50 09/08/20 Wrong! The corrosion that is associated with alchohol fuels - LitlElvis 11:54:00 09/09/20 You understand that I've been letting my car sit all winter - not4resaleZ 17:21:17 09/09/20 I do understand that it has worked out well for you and - LitlElvis 11:40:14 09/10/20 I do still have my carbon canister. I keep the fuel cap on - not4resaleZ 13:19:23 09/10/20 I converted 6 years ago and never looked back... - puchy 21:54:10 09/08/20
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