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Experiments in running E85 ethanol, mixed with regular 87 octane gasoline, in non-flex fuel vehicles (2004 Acura TL and 2007 Saab 9-3.)
A Saab 9-3 at an E85 pump
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- What does the future hold for my tank?
- Price I've paid for E85 at Meijer
- What is the octane in my tank?
- How much ethanol is REALLY in my tank
- Meijer clerks don't know jack.
- I "inspired" someone!
- Tank #11
- Getting close to a new tank...
- E85 does not pay Indiana excise tax
- I'm an idiot.
- Are we being gouged on E85? I don't think so!
- E85 becoming more popular in Northwest Indiana
- Conductivity meter to determine ethanol content?
- Just how much ethanol is in E85 this time of year?
- Commenter Alcohol explains the Check Engine Light
- Tank #10
- What does the check engine light really mean?
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2 comments:
Buzz- the same Federal Handbook with the phase separation test and the seasonal blends also has in the very back a proceedure for testing conductivity tests. Sorry- i did not go back and look at it or compare the meter specs to the expected test range. Thanks for the link to the meter- I will have to give it a look in the future.
By the way- when I do phase separation tests I dump it into my FFV tank (in E85)to get rid of it. It should also be ok to do limited samples into E30 also.
Alcohol
Yeah, I saw the method of using the conductivity meter in that handbook, so I Googled it to find a meter for sale. 80 or so bucks is not bad.
Unfortunately, the handbook doesn't tell you how to translate the meter output into % ethanol!
I also saw that somebody hacked the old GM fuel sensor. He connected it to his fuel return line, and had a Serbian (?!?) technology firm build him a reader with a small LCD that he mounted in his cockpit (it was an Evo).
I'm on the lookout for the fuel sensor on Ebay...
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