Motor Oil with e85
Jul 6, 2008, 10:06 AM
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Jul 21, 2008, 09:48 AM
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Although further testing needs to be done to see how oils will react with an 85% Alcohol blend, AMSOIL has developed 3 new oils, which will be available Aug 1st, that will not be affected by alcohol. They will not be for extended drain intervals unless verified by Oil Analysis.
These oils will probably suit the EVO crowd and anyone else who tracks their cars.. These are ALL Racing oils.. 15W-50... and the two to fit these cars, 10W-30 and 5W-20....
The 5W-20 will probably be the hot ticket for the ultimate in over all performance.
email me and I will send tech liturature as soon as available.. AMSOIL@bestoil4you.com
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Jul 21, 2008, 02:19 PM
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OK, now that I'm running E85, and thinking about oil analysis, how often should this be done?
I'm referring to oil analysis primarily as a means of more accurately determining when I should change oil. And if that need has actually changed since switching to E85.
When on gasoline I vacillated between 3,000 and 5,000 mile changes. I actually considered going to 6,000 with an additional filter change at 3,000, but just never went to the trouble.
On a more pragmatic note, is there a simple way to extract enough oil for an oil analysis submission?
I'm referring to oil analysis primarily as a means of more accurately determining when I should change oil. And if that need has actually changed since switching to E85.
When on gasoline I vacillated between 3,000 and 5,000 mile changes. I actually considered going to 6,000 with an additional filter change at 3,000, but just never went to the trouble.
On a more pragmatic note, is there a simple way to extract enough oil for an oil analysis submission?
Jul 21, 2008, 02:35 PM
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Although further testing needs to be done to see how oils will react with an 85% Alcohol blend, AMSOIL has developed 3 new oils, which will be available Aug 1st, that will not be affected by alcohol. They will not be for extended drain intervals unless verified by Oil Analysis.
These oils will probably suit the EVO crowd and anyone else who tracks their cars.. These are ALL Racing oils.. 15W-50... and the two to fit these cars, 10W-30 and 5W-20....
The 5W-20 will probably be the hot ticket for the ultimate in over all performance.
email me and I will send tech liturature as soon as available.. AMSOIL@bestoil4you.com
Doc
These oils will probably suit the EVO crowd and anyone else who tracks their cars.. These are ALL Racing oils.. 15W-50... and the two to fit these cars, 10W-30 and 5W-20....
The 5W-20 will probably be the hot ticket for the ultimate in over all performance.
email me and I will send tech liturature as soon as available.. AMSOIL@bestoil4you.com
Doc
You should post the info right in this thread with more details once they come out.
Jul 21, 2008, 06:54 PM
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I would do the oil analysis, but i recently moved and now i'm 40 miles away from the closest E85 station. So, i'll be using 91 octane most of the time now for daily commuting 
Jul 21, 2008, 07:50 PM
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The product will not be available until Aug 1st... but that is only just over a week away... if the data sheets are available, I will link them to a page inside my site when I get home in a couple days.
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