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Edmonds

By Edmonds,
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I would be quierying why it was tuned for ethanol mix when ethanol is not available @ pumps here in the west

Why query it? Plenty of cars still running on ethanol here, it's not like it's hard to buy it by the barrel, it's just expensive. I think you will find this also explains Wedge's question; ie. because ethanol is so expensive to run here, ~E40 is a common blend because often you won't make a hell of a lot more power with E70 or E85 so why use the extra ethanol?

OP, do you know if the ECU has a flex-fuel setup or just a straight E42 tune? If it is only tuned on E42 and not with an ethanol content sensor, then it will definitely need a retune to run straight petrol. If it has a flex-fuel setup then 98 will be fine :thumbsup:

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Why query it? Plenty of cars still running on ethanol here, it's not like it's hard to buy it by the barrel, it's just expensive. I think you will find this also explains Wedge's question; ie. because ethanol is so expensive to run here, ~E40 is a common blend because often you won't make a hell of a lot more power with E70 or E85 so why use the extra ethanol?

OP, do you know if the ECU has a flex-fuel setup or just a straight E42 tune? If it is only tuned on E42 and not with an ethanol content sensor, then it will definitely need a retune to run straight petrol. If it has a flex-fuel setup then 98 will be fine :thumbsup:

Fair enough. I just assume eveyone is as lazy as i am and would rather the ECU sort the mixture %, rather then me doing it in my garage.

Can you recommanded an E85 supplier in Perth?

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