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Best Ethanol Conditioner and Why
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After having a bad experience running E85 and getting my injectors stuck open while testing E85 every fill up + using the Lucas additive I have become skeptical. Is there evidence these additives actually prevent injectors getting stuck open and if so, which one do you use and more importantly why? What makes it better over another additive? I am of the mindset to actually use nothing and just flash back every 500-750 miles to 93.
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It seems we have a good add statement from Kratos that injector failure is directly related to continued high PSI use, like needed for delivering needed E85 quantities.
https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=27093672 Sorry that I can't provide proof of lubricant effectiveness or performance of one brand over another.
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I like Project Farm a lot since the guy seems to think out his experiments well. In this case I don't think it applies to our fuel system since everything is steel or rubber/plastic approved for gas alcohol mixes, and his demonstration is more for long term effects of corrosion on aluminum (like in lawnmowers, which Project Farm usually experiments on).
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I've been using power plus top lube. https://www.powerpluslubricants.com/...USTOPLUBE.html
Works for me and I also run a full tank of 93 every 5th fill up. No problems here yet with 35k miles (15k miles worth of E85) |
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In a discussion that I've had with Sales@Kratos it's more clear that adding top lube to E85 in hopes of "injectors not sticking" is likely pointless. Their statement is that running E85 on stock fueling with big turbos requires the tune to push the HPFP Target very high to supply enough fuel, and injectors subjected to this very high pressure will fail much faster. They made it clear that failure is not related to extended duty cycles (Halim runs Kratos+gas at high injector duty cycle but not x-high HPFP pressure) or internal corrosion (they spoke with Bosch engineers). Adding PI to DI would allow for not maxing out the HPFP Target.
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Here's the word from Kratos that triggered my PM convo with them:
https://www.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...php?p=27093672
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Do most of the issues that people encounter with E-85, does it have anything to do with low quality or being from the pump? Would running a very consistent E85/E98 Race Gas avoid any of this?
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My stuck injector occurred while tuning with quality race E85 in pails, and I had added lubricant almost every time. My fuel mix was actually reduced to ~E80 since we added a little gas to avoid crashing HPFPs. Just one of my injectors couldn't handle the pressure.
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According to RC engineering:
The case of injectors getting stuck open is from high pressures and corrosive nature of alcohol in the E85. The needles are super thin and can break. Thus pouring fuel. The case of injectors getting clogged is more to do with alcohol that dries quickly and the injectors being so close to the piston tops (carbon buildup) It can clog the tips. Lastly the injectors can get clogged by sucking in some type of debris although less likely it can still occur. I plan on using ethanol fuel conditioner with every fill up of E85. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 And changing my Injector dynamics F750 fuel filter every 6 months that came with the my Bend calibration flexf fuel kit. I plan on pulling my new Eu6 injectors after a year and checking to see when these need to be changed or serviced. That will tell me if this is a once per year or can last longer. They are so cheap to buy from fcp euro and have the lifetime warranty that it's really not a big deal if it really comes down to it. Just my 2 cents.
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@F80_Greg if an injector sticks then you're hosed and the cylinder partially fills with fuel. I doubt you have a dirty/clogged injector since you ran 85% alcohol through it for 2K miles. If it was stuck you'd be blowing clouds of smoke. You would know for sure by pulling plugs, one would be wet or stink of fuel.
If you do need an injector check FCP Euro, they have OEM ($$$) and Bosch ($). I used one Bosch and it worked fine.
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