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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 07:34 PM
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E85 smell

My car is tuned for e85 and ever since i converted, ive gotten e85 from the same gas station. Sometimes I could feel the difference in the way the car would feel and I would attribute it to the fuel fluctuating from e70 to e85. I recently decided to start using e85 from a racetrac and the car has been now consistently hauling ***. The thing that has me perplexed though is that at the old station i would use, the ethanol smell was really strong. The e85 from the ractrac however, smells almost like nothing and if anything, it has a slight gasoline smell. I intend to test the fuel from both stations but I wanted to get some thoughts as well. Any feedback is appreciated.
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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 07:46 PM
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Smells like a fine wine, you say?


Yeah, you should get your glass vial & do the poor mans test & see if there is any real diff

My stations has always been a tight 85%+ on the vial

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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by MinusPrevious
Smells like a fine wine, you say?


Yeah, you should get your glass vial & do the poor mans test & see if there is any real diff

My stations has always been a tight 85%+ on the vial

not quite

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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 07:59 PM
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^^^ Been on the E85 binge over 8 years



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Old Jul 7, 2017 | 08:00 PM
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E85 smells like versacce to me
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