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Old 04 January 2011, 02:13 PM
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Seen as Morrisons have ditched it from every station, and Anglo American oils have only 205l barrels left. Anyone know of any other suppliers? My tanks are now empty, is that game over for E85? Remap to meth time? Wasn`t hopeing to re-map untill i`ve sorted LM turbo and other stuff later in the year, may have to get the map tweaked sooner than planned.

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Old 07 January 2011, 02:56 PM
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I have read somewhere that ethanol is corrosive to the fuel lines and injectors and unless they are designed for it it should not be used. I am not sure how true this is, maybe the boys using it can advise better.
Old 07 January 2011, 03:04 PM
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Methanol has similar corrosive qualities. Having said that, I use it & haven't had any probs, well apart from a fuel pump giving up.
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Bicco, i have a couple of 25lt race e85 drums you can collect from derby if it helps
Old 07 January 2011, 06:02 PM
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It is corrosive but used in the 15% mix i do, i don`t believe it will cause any harm at all, been running it for a round a year now and near enough at every refill, I have always kept an eye on fuel lines and checked unions every so often, and so far found no issues what so ever.

Mikee - thats awesome dude! I`ll PM you within the next couple of weeks once i`ve sorted a plan, should be able to run it then (for track days / sso / japshow properly) untill late summer when i start with new trubo plans.

P.S. PM me with how much you want for em too. Cheers!
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