DIYbanter - View Single Post - E-85 in a non-E-85 engine?

Steve W.[_2_]

wrote:
If I HAD to do it, would say, 2 or 3 gallons, 50/50 gas/E-85
be destructive if tank was refilled with gas ASAP?

Effects on power, drivability, emissions?

BTW, what techical/mechanical/electronic changes are made to
a Flex-Fuel vehicle to deserve that badge?

thanks

gary

NOT a good idea. However it would run, not well however.
Without the proper timing and injector controls the engine runs at less
than half power and will be running VERY lean so you create a lot of
extra pollution.

The E-85 engines use a composition sensor in the fuel line to tell the
computer to use a different program table for the injectors and timing
to allow E-85 to work.

I wouldn't get to worried about E-85 though. So far 1/3 of the plants
that are making the ethanol have gone bankrupt, and more drop every day.

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Steve W.