nelsonian101 Donating Members 961 Member For: 16y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/01/13 12:14 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 12:14 AM There are 2 United servos in Sydney that stock E85. Minto and Rozelle...about $1.06United on Pittwater Rd in Dee Why (Sydney) now sell E85 too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 2m 7d Posted 08/01/13 03:06 AM Author Share Posted 08/01/13 03:06 AM <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="ratter" data-cid="1345899" data-time="1357541903"><p>what if the stickers are placed in a slighlty different height, what if the base thickness of the glass is different these can have an affect on the reading, the quality control may be tight enough to stop these from occuring but a $25 tester will have limitations<br /> <br />We have seen the same batch tested several times with the test tubes and given varying results</p></blockquote>Hey mate,If your putting the same amount of fuel to water the thickness of the test tube shouldn't matter I would have thought.Also, I agree with you about the stickers and could create issues. However it may be out by a couple of mm, but 5mm would be quite noticeable.Be great if the etched the lines into the glass rather than having stickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 7m 3d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 08/01/13 04:04 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 04:04 AM ^ either did you! Blaxland united 1.07pl ethanol content unknown. My test tube thingy always comes up with 90% from blaxland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 3m 8d Gender: Male Posted 08/01/13 04:08 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 04:08 AM <blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="XYZ" data-cid="1346318" data-time="1357614378"><p><blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="ratter" data-cid="1345899" data-time="1357541903"><p><br />what if the stickers are placed in a slighlty different height, what if the base thickness of the glass is different these can have an affect on the reading, the quality control may be tight enough to stop these from occuring but a $25 tester will have limitations<br /><br /> <br /><br />We have seen the same batch tested several times with the test tubes and given varying results</p></blockquote><br /><br />Hey mate,<br /><br />If your putting the same amount of fuel to water the thickness of the test tube shouldn't matter I would have thought.<br />Also, I agree with you about the stickers and could create issues. However it may be out by a couple of mm, but 5mm would be quite noticeable.<br />Be great if the etched the lines into the glass rather than having stickers</p></blockquote>Still won't be 100% accurate, you need to remove the possibility of human error.I have used the the test tube tester and have seen a variance of up to 7% but the car has not shown any difference in the way it drives, even at WOT the afrs are the same.When Veva switched from e-flex to united the car was a pig to drive and had to be babied to CMS for a touch up.So if the test tube was correct you would think that a 7% difference would show some sort of change in afrs. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 2m 7d Posted 08/01/13 05:17 AM Author Share Posted 08/01/13 05:17 AM Maybe the Eflex Tune was on very low Ethanol content and switching to United on E85+ made it run super rich?Have only just started using Eflex myself and found the Servo close to me seems pretty consistant. Been E85 for the last 3 weeks and only dropped yesterday to E79.Out of curiosity, I loaded my drum PowerPlus E85 tune (25psi) in to see how it went. Eflex was E85 then and it seem to have no problems at all. Wasn't flogging it, but gave it a decent run and it ran smoothly without any issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie2256 Donating Members 7,441 Member For: 16y 3d Gender: Male Location: SE Melbourne Posted 08/01/13 05:26 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 05:26 AM If ethanol content is increased car runs leaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Donating Members 1,171 Member For: 15y 2m 7d Posted 08/01/13 05:29 AM Author Share Posted 08/01/13 05:29 AM If ethanol content is increased car runs leanerSorry, you are right... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xr6t_ute Donating Members 2,281 Member For: 17y 4m 30d Gender: Male Location: south east suburbs Posted 08/01/13 06:42 AM Share Posted 08/01/13 06:42 AM That 15% difference is huge, veva would of been struggling to get it to the tuners... Lean isnt the word... I prefer lean as I <3 Bananas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LU82 Bronze Donating Members 569 Member For: 11y 9m 30d Posted 10/03/13 01:22 PM Share Posted 10/03/13 01:22 PM Date: 10/3/2013Location: Rozelle SydneyFuel: United E85Price: $1.34 plSame servo was $1.09 pl about 6 weeks ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockafellqeinstien Member 325 Member For: 16y 4m 2d Posted 18/03/13 11:34 PM Share Posted 18/03/13 11:34 PM yeah - whats with every one jacking up e85 price in the last few weeks - usually 25c cheaper than unleaded now - rip off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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