Running E85 to lean out the car

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Oct 8, 2009 | 12:26 PM

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Running E85 to lean out the car

Just did a cam swap and my car is extremely rich running, which I figured it would be so its sitting in my garage. One of my friends told me for a band aid short term fix I could run E85 in it. Now this has me more curious then anything. Would this accually work? I know E85 would eat up the fuel lines and what not but still is a interesting idea for short term. Now before somebody gets all butt hurt and calls it retarded, Its just a question more then anything. I dont have to drive the car but If it wouldnt really hurt anything for a short amount of usage, I might give it a try, If not then itll just wait for a full tune. Thanks for any info

Oct 8, 2009 | 12:32 PM

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wait for a tune. e85 uses approx. 30% more fuel and could make your motor go bye bye without a tune.

Oct 8, 2009 | 04:06 PM

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pretty much my thoughts...not worth the risk

Jun 7, 2011 | 04:30 PM

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i went ahead and put e85 in my LS2 miata today, how would it make your engine go boom without a tune? you mean it would make it run too lean?

Jun 7, 2011 | 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cgm12mgc

i went ahead and put e85 in my LS2 miata today, how would it make your engine go boom without a tune? you mean it would make it run too lean?

Not smart and yes.

Jun 7, 2011 | 05:26 PM

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E-85 doesnt eat up lines. I ran it in my stock 02 system for years with ZERO corrosion. My stock pump still worked fine after 92k and 20+ of that on E-85. Methanol is where the corrosive factors come into play. Ethanol got a bad rep from Meth.

Jun 7, 2011 | 05:44 PM

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well no worries on my end then, i richened it up with HPtuners, when i built the car i made sure i went with lines that wouldnt crumble with the alcahol.