e 85 and a ls1
06-24-2007, 08:12 AM
#2
I am currently working at Siemens VDO in the product development and testing group. Let me tell you from experience, fuel injectors that were not designed to run E-85 do not like E-85. The alcohol is a coking accelerant, usually E-85 injectors have wicks or other things in place to aid in pulling the fuel away from the orifices. E-85 will also wear down the internals of an injector that was designed for pure gasoline. Now i will tell you that it would probably work for a while, but as for the long term effects, your injectors wont be happy. The rest of your fuel system i cannot really speak for, but knowing auto manufacturers, if they could save money and not have to pay $.40 more for an o-ring that handles E-85 they wont. I could be totally wrong in this because i don't know what injectors you are running, but if E-85 was not in their design, I doubt it will turn out well after a while.
