Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 8m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/03/13 09:12 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 09:12 PM I was filing straight up and taking 3x 20L Jerry's but have since stopped going there. I got a bad batch of fuel from there which killed my intank pump, blocked an inj., killed my ext. reg. and also had me getting my petrol tank professionally flushed.I am now running eflex again from girraween.I think girraween sacrificed a vortex 98 pump whereas blaxland gave up a diesel tank. Any way I won't be filling up from blaxland ever again.In the pic. u can see some of the black chit that was introduced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 25/03/13 11:20 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 11:20 PM hate to inform you but there's a strong chance that is not probably from the fuel itself but it's the E85 starting to break all the sh7t lose in the tank and lines etc that has been in there for a long time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/13 11:39 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 11:39 PM Mick, wouldn't the e-flex have done the same thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/13 11:43 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 11:43 PM I am now running eflex again from girraweenWere you running e-flex before?How long were you running the e-flex for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 8m 24d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 25/03/13 11:46 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 11:46 PM Yeh I've ran it before, I just got caught up in the hype of the extra ethanol content.. I think I was running it for around 7-8months before moving to e85. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 25/03/13 11:50 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 11:50 PM Minto United is now selling e85.How much more power did you make over e-flex?I will probably do a United tune once I fit my Zeitronix Ethanol Content Analyzer.It makes sense to have a 70 and a 85 tune in case the content changes between fill ups, but I have been running the e-flex for over a year and a half with no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 25/03/13 11:59 PM Share Posted 25/03/13 11:59 PM Mick, wouldn't the e-flex have done the same thing?yes but the higher ethanol content would make it happen quicker, I think it would not have happened over 1 tank full of fuel, it would have been a gradual thing and just happened to show issues after the fill he has complained about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 26/03/13 12:04 AM Share Posted 26/03/13 12:04 AM Fair enough, how often should we be checking the intank when using flex fuel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 18y 7m 18d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 26/03/13 12:18 AM Share Posted 26/03/13 12:18 AM Ideally possibly every 5000 klms at first and replace external fuel filters often at first, the break down of rubbish will eventually slow down and/or come to a stop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednose RNS10S Donating Members 2,229 Member For: 18y 4m 29d Gender: Male Posted 26/03/13 12:45 AM Share Posted 26/03/13 12:45 AM I replace my fuel filter every 10,000, so may aswell have a look at the intank.Thanks Mick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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