E85 - a cautionary tale

[xj-grin]

bad juju from FrankZ, in which I sadly may have played a part...

http://www.colorado4x4.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=135269

 

[Frank Z]

Posted here in the mod Tech section as well.

It's all on me Chris, I'm the yahoo that grabbed the nozzle and pulled the trigger.

 

[Wrench Wench]

owww, Sorry to see that E85 did that to your jeep.

 

[JJacobs]

No, not enough E85 did that. Sorry to see it Frank, it is common knowledge that to run the stuff you need to get a lot more fuel in the engine.

I've been running it for fourteen months in my race Jeep with enough of it to run right. Recently had the heads off to replace the head gaskets, caused by using insufficient head bolt torque. Everything was fine in there, minimal carbon, just the usual E85 gunky gooey intake manifold.

I will continue using it and enjoying its high octane goodness.

 

[Frank Z]

That's the basic plot line. Running a new fuel without the proper mod to allow for more fuel.