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Sau Vic Tech Night: Discussing E85, Thanks To Wolf Motorsport & Sabbadin Automotive


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Can someone film the night for us NSW people :)

We are working on getting a video done, providing all goes well will post up once completed after the event.

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Fantastic turn out tonight! Thanks heaps to everyone, especially Robbie from WOLF Motorsport & Rob from Sabbadin automotive :)

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Heaps of great information and things to look out for :)

There were plenty of pics taken, but unfortunately no video of the tech night this time around.

Thanks for the informative evening.

The E85 sensor lesson and how it reads was a eye opener, especially when they turned E85 to E100 by just adding water to the fuel......and the amount of tanks of E85 to run to clean out the 98 and get back to a higher ethanol content.

And the oring lube that turned to jelly and blocked the injectors leading to engine failure.

Certainly made me rethink the route im taking to fuel setup.

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Oring lube? What sort of dropkick uses petroleum jelly to fit injectors? A tiny bit of silicone spray is enough and won't ruin anything.

Sounds like it was an ethanol bashing night. Wish I had been there now to dispel the rumours.

Sounds like it was an ethanol bashing night. Wish I had been there now to dispel the rumours.

lol. not many benefits were mentioned that aren't commonly known, but it was good to know whats involved for piece of mind.

to summarise, you could say the evening focused on:

- things to do or at least keep in mind when converting

- things to keep in mind when running (and buying E85)

- things to do to maintain your car when running E85

Oring lube? What sort of dropkick uses petroleum jelly to fit injectors? A tiny bit of silicone spray is enough and won't ruin anything.

Sounds like it was an ethanol bashing night. Wish I had been there now to dispel the rumours.

Just mentioning what they had seen, customers fitting orings like that without issues in the past because 98 disolved it but E85 reacted differently leading to engine failure.

I was surprised i didnt see your face there scotty, spewing your wernt there for some myth busting. :)

And what about the petrol you buy, do you worry about that?

yeah.

thats why i use 98 from one chain of petrol stations.

im glad E85 is regulated (from Nov 2012) but when United are only supposed to tell you the ethanol content, i was surprised that United wont tell you the RON rating. and when the ethanol content is down to 70% during winter months, I wonder what the RON would be then? for safety you would want a flex fuel meter guiding the ECU to make sure the mixtures are consistent with the fuel (at least i would anyway)

im not bagging the fuel, just playing devils advocate because its not for everyones budget or application.

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