cat007 Member 234 Member For: 5y 7m 14d Posted 04/12/19 04:56 AM Author Share Posted 04/12/19 04:56 AM I came across E85 105 the other day. Not 'race blend'. Wonder what the difference is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 234 Member For: 5y 7m 14d Posted 04/12/19 09:34 AM Author Share Posted 04/12/19 09:34 AM Ok I must be doing something wrong.I put 100ml E85 in a graduated cylinder.Then I put 20ml water in.Shook it up for about 30 seconds. Waited almost 10 minutes and all that separated out was as below.Hmmmm. What did I do wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/12/19 10:02 AM Share Posted 04/12/19 10:02 AM (edited) Not sure. Just buy the proper kit. It is labelled for the correct percentage. Edited 04/12/19 10:07 AM by arronm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 234 Member For: 5y 7m 14d Posted 04/12/19 10:15 AM Author Share Posted 04/12/19 10:15 AM That won't really change anything. It's just a different sized vessel with some branding on it. The concept is exactly the same. The issue above is not with calculating the ethanol % (that's pretty easy to do). Just wondering if I shook it for too long? Or not long enough? Or maybe I need to leave it for longer? It just felt weird standing around a petrol station forecourt to 10 minutes staring at a glass tube so I called it quits. I think the Indian bloke behind the counter thought I was making a bomb haha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/12/19 10:19 AM Share Posted 04/12/19 10:19 AM The exact amout of water is critical. Dont be a tight arse. Just buy the kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/12/19 12:27 PM Share Posted 04/12/19 12:27 PM Do you want be to work out the mL ratio, water to fuel ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 23d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 05/12/19 07:03 AM Share Posted 05/12/19 07:03 AM 15ml water. 45ml ethanol. that's the ratio. Try it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cat007 Member 234 Member For: 5y 7m 14d Posted 05/12/19 08:15 AM Author Share Posted 05/12/19 08:15 AM Ok so 15ml of water, 45ml fuel.I get a separation line at the 54ml mark.According to the below calculator that is 86% which I don't believe. My flex fuel sensor suggests around 79-80% from that station.http://hagensdiy.blogspot.com/2012/04/diy-ethanol-content-tester.html?m=1Hmmm tried again with 70ml fuel and 25ml water. Separation line at 85ml. According to the above calculator that's 86% still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,980 Member For: 11y 1m 24d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 05/12/19 08:56 AM Share Posted 05/12/19 08:56 AM On 04/12/2019 at 1:01 AM, cat007 said: Hmmm. I hope it's not the measuring device. It's a brand new Innovate Motorsports one. Not the dual %/temp one and you've got it set showing temp in degrees F ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,291 Member For: 16y 9d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 05/12/19 09:01 AM Share Posted 05/12/19 09:01 AM it seems to be working as it should with showing 86%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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