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No More E-flex At Caltex Pendle Hill End Of February 2015

Andrew R33

By Andrew R33,
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2. run a tank of 98 every now and then to clean out the fuel system and avoid gummy buildup in your fuel system

How often do you guys fill up a tank of 98 to clean it?

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GTR_JOEY
GTR_JOEY

Lol did anyone say flex tune?

Mick_o
Mick_o

What a tight kent! Pay $600 - $800 for a tune to lose power and gain what maybe 3 or 4L/100km? Seems like false ecomomy to me. The money spent on tuning back to 98 would still outweigh your fuel bill

BLISTC
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I have tested both E-Flex and E85 from United. E-Flex varys between 65-70 Ethanol Content. United @ Prariewood and Minto i get consistant E82-84 and now they finally have the 107 Octane Race Blend wh

cherring Proficient

cherring

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United have very rapidly raised their prices, I have been considering getting my car retuned back onto 98 so I can get some kms per tank again since I'm not seeing prices as low as they used to be at the pump, it's a joke how much they've raised it.

Scott Black Rising Star

Scott Black

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its not really united, its now ethanole is trading on the same market as oil so market price is set along side oil price so varys as much when it shouldnt as its an entirly different economy

Scott Black Rising Star

Scott Black

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http://www.agmrc.org/renewable_energy/ethanol/ethanol-gasoline-crude-oil-and-corn-prices-are-the-relationships-changing/

This sort of explains it, basically instead of being set separately to oil prices all together as it should be the bulk ethanol prices actually is dependent on crude oil prices.

Making it not as cheap as it should be. Can't find the original article I read saying it's now being set the same way the parity pricing agreement with oil works.

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MBS206 Grand Master

MBS206

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From my understanding of ethanol, I wouldn't bother with a tank of 98 to "stop it gumming" as Ethanol is a solvent, which means it will actually clean out the gummy build up, as well as help clear up carbon build ups etc.

scotty nm35 Grand Master

scotty nm35

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No point whining about it, I heard every excuse for not running e85 in Sydney over the years, it's too far away to fill up, Caltex e85 isn't consistent, not enough servo's to run e85 daily...

If more e85 was being sold they would have put more pumps in, end of story. I used to drive 22k's each way to fill up, in the snow with bare feet.

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RBrennan25 Grand Master

RBrennan25

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They need to open a united servo with e85 in Sutherland shire

Doubt they will until Caltex pull their Eflex from kirrawee. So easy for everyone to fill up there on their way to the nasho

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