Accidently filled e85 instead of e30 :(

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I knew it would happen eventually. While my 5 gallons of e85 was going in, I got distracted. Instead of stopping it and adding 10 gallons 91 octane, I filled up entirely with e85. I'm nearly certain that if I stay under 1/2 throttle I can just drive it until it's down to 1/3 tank, but I'd sure rather get it out of there. Any ideas on easiest way?

BTW, running lozic 1.4 bar ecu.
 
bring it to a shop and have them take it out
 
bring it to a shop and have them take it out
Impossible. The muscle car guys in town give me enough crap already. When word got around I'd never hear the end of it. You may not understand if you're not from a tiny town.
 
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Siphon it out and put it on jugs. Now you have extra E85 to go!
 
Impossible. The muscle car guys in town give me enough crap already. When word got around I'd never hear the end of it. You may not understand if you're not from a tiny town.
My town has a population of 700 and I also have a 427 big block in an 87 Monte Carlo. Try me.

If you where normally running e30 anyway, you could probably gap most of those muscle car guys anyway.

As for your situation, stop caring about what other people think about you. It's not good for your health.
 
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I did that once, wasn't a big deal at all, just stayed in eco, drove normally and didn't hit boost until the tank was low enough to add 93. Took about a day or so of aimless driving to burn up over half a tank and I was back in business.....
 
You can't siphon, they make them siphon proof these days. Good to know it ran fine till you burned it up, thanks. I don't necessarily care what people think of me in the sense of it affecting my self worth, but giving each other crap is like a sport for us, and right now I'm ahead because they're all too afraid to race me, and I'm enjoying it for the moment. :)
 
I knew it would happen eventually. While my 5 gallons of e85 was going in, I got distracted. Instead of stopping it and adding 10 gallons 91 octane, I filled up entirely with e85. I'm nearly certain that if I stay under 1/2 throttle I can just drive it until it's down to 1/3 tank, but I'd sure rather get it out of there. Any ideas on easiest way?

BTW, running lozic 1.4 bar ecu.
Ooof.
I usually put in the required amount of 91 gas, then top off with e85. Can't overfill.
 
Just burn it off at low throttle until you can mix it down to at least E40.
 
I got it burned up, didn't take long. I kept it low throttle. It ran great except cold starts. Wouldn't start 1/4 of the time. I'd stop the cranking after a few seconds and try again, then it idled rough for a second or two then fine. I checked afr at idle and cruising. 14.5 or so, perfect. Makes me nervous to do cpi though, Since running high ethanol concentrations affect starting. I'll probably do meth injection when the upgrade bug hits again.
 
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Impossible. The muscle car guys in town give me enough crap already. When word got around I'd never hear the end of it. You may not understand if you're not from a tiny town.
Take off fuel line at fuel rail get a gas can and turn the power on let the pump pump it in the can
 
Take off fuel line at fuel rail get a gas can and turn the power on let the pump pump it in the can
Now here’s a guy willing to roll his sleeves up and pitch in with helpful advice on a first post. No introduction here straight to business. :thumbup: Welcome to the forum Doc I think you’re going to like it here.
 
Now here’s a guy willing to roll his sleeves up and pitch in with helpful advice on a first post. No introduction here straight to business. :thumbup: Welcome to the forum Doc I think you’re going to like it here.
Yeah, especially since a few posts in, the OP says he already burned it off.
 
Still helpful for the next guy!
 
Lol...my wife just did this. Thinking she was doing the right thing even though we have discussed NUMEROUS times it is a mix of 4/12 . So if i just remove the low pressure input to the HPFP i should theoretically be able to pump it into a large gas can.
 
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Lol...my wife just did this. Thinking she was doing the right thing even though we have discussed NUMEROUS times it is a mix of 4/12 . So if i just remove the low pressure input to the HPFP i should theoretically be able to pump it into a large gas can.
Or just drive it but not with any power. If you have a jb4 use the valet map. Main issue is the hpfp crashing when under boost.
Once you have used a few gallons, fill back up with gas.
 
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