E85!!!help!!!!!!!

[sliweczka]

Bah my girlfriend made mistake and pour E85 petrol what i should do now?remove all petrol from tank or still can drive?

 

[sliweczka]

At this moment in tank is 10% of E5 petrol, rest E85....

 

[highwayman]

i heard lads mixing this with strandard stuff, not sure it do harm

 

[tommy 555]

think cars need a special set up to run on e85 , like the saab flexi fuel engines , doubt it would be any good for standard car

 

[sliweczka]

Yeah i know but dont know what i should do now?remove e85 from tank or still can drive?

 

[tommy 555]

if it were me id get it removed , wouldnt risk something happening to the car

 

[RudeBoy]

first of all - don't panic.
top up as much as possible with a regular petrol and do a bit of drive off boost. and then again top up with regular petrol.

anyway be careful - it can show CEL for lean mixture, that's why you shouldn't push it too hard and avoid boost.

I wouldn't make a panic with a one tank of e85, but indeed would be careful

 

[Dave]

You'll be fine to run the car......but not at full boost .

Try not to run higher than 0.5 Bar until you have emptied that tank full and probably let another tank of E5 go through before you resume any form of hard driving

 

[sliweczka]

Thanks guys, at this moment I drive car but very slowly, even corsa 1.0 passed me on motorway

 

[chris139ryan]

Thanks guys, at this moment I drive car but very slowly, even corsa 1.0 passed me on motorway

them 1.0 corsa's are fast though :lol: :lol:

 

[JOHNNY T]

Thanks guys, at this moment I drive car but very slowly, even corsa 1.0 passed me on motorway

them 1.0 corsa's are fast though :lol: :lol:

there faster than most of the imprezas out there :lol:

 

[AndyC]

Women Know your limits.




:lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[Dagnut]

just dilute it you'll be fine

 

[markobucko]

i filled on 85 plenty and never had any problems....wouldnt be worrying!!!!
al-hks will tell ya after 40 odd drag runs on it!!

 

[wagon dec]

The only issue with e85 is that it is corrosive and can damage the lining of the tank and lines if left in it

 

[RudeBoy]

The only issue with e85 is that it is corrosive and can damage the lining of the tank and lines if left in it

please... not after one or even couple of times

And also - most of modern cars won't rather have this problem, anyway for most of their life time

 

[RudeBoy]

i filled on 85 plenty and never had any problems....wouldnt be worrying!!!!
al-hks will tell ya after 40 odd drag runs on it!!

However I guess he's got a map for this fuel, hasn't he?

 

[wagon dec]

Only goin on what we were told in work for the flexi fuel focus they run on e85 and have to have a lined tank and stainless steel fuel lines because the fuel is corrosive

 

[RudeBoy]

Wagon Dec - and that's generally correct for rubber fuel lines, but no need to make a panic if you don't use it on daily basis - it won't rather do any harm after one time

Especially that only part of lines are like that as far as I remember in most modern cars? Anyway - there may be still problem with some fuel pumps and some injector o-rings - but anyway rather nothing really big to do even if you decide to use e85 daily.

cheers