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Old May 15, 2012 | 02:25 AM
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I would agree on draining the old e85 and refilling with new e85. I had this problem happen to my srt4 before.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 03:08 AM
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Old thread... My x is doing same thing at idle and car completely warmed up. Fresh e85 maybe bad Badge idunno. Boosting fine, AFR seem fine too. Imma just waste this e85 and go refill hopefully that fixes my issue
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by geoxrge_gsr
Old thread... My x is doing same thing at idle and car completely warmed up. Fresh e85 maybe bad Badge idunno. Boosting fine, AFR seem fine too. Imma just waste this e85 and go refill hopefully that fixes my issue
My 8 doing the same.I take it as normal.
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 07:11 PM
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Yes, E85 absorbs water. It is a known fact. There isn't a practical way to test the water content either. Your best bet is to drain your fuel tank and refill with fresh E85. I believe this will solve your problems.
i would drain and re fill since E85 absorbs water this would be the best thing to do !!! GL
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Old Nov 10, 2013 | 11:45 PM
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I believe the word everyone is referring to is hygroscopicity. That is the word of the day

E85 is hygroscopic, which means it readily absorbs water from the atmosphere. And two months is a long time to have ethanol hanging around.
I've had the same E85 for about 3 weeks and I'm going to drain it.

Ethanol starts to foul in about 1 months time. Anything longer than that I would not recommend.
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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 08:38 AM
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I thought e85 just makes white smoke come out of the exhaust. Part of running e85
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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 03:18 PM
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Thought that too, but when it's cold outside and car is warmed up it doesn't even smell like e85 I might be tripping idk. car runs fine and boosts fine and AFR are good too. I think I'm just tripping out idk haha
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 09:19 AM
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Yeah i thought E85 alone could make white smoke come out of the exhaust. Mine did that on the dyno only at WOT. People also say it could be blow by. But since i dont have the PCV recirculated into the intake (I just have a breather filter on the valve cover) it has to be fuel. Any similar experiences here?
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 09:41 AM
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Water condenses and collects inside your exhaust, especially when the car sits for a while. I once removed the exhaust from my VIII after about 3 weeks of sitting and I swear around half a gallon of water came out.

But generally, yeah, you'll have more water vapor on E than on pump. Chances are you have nothing to worry about.
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 10:30 AM
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Mine at first crank and when it's first warming up always puffs white smoke, whether on fresh tank or week old tank, doesn't matter. Goes away once car is warmed up.
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Old Jun 30, 2014 | 03:53 PM
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Yeah it doesn't seem like oil at all because the oil level doesn't change
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