For You E85 Lovers

[donjetman]

I know what it does to the oil of a drag race engine if not changed often. Here's what it does for the short trippers:

 

[gooffeyguy]

One problem I see with this video and his daughter's engine he has apart there. All that sludge in the pan/sump he's showing and saying it's caused by E85, but they also added an oil additive and top end lubricant at every oil change (2k miles) Maybe that contributed instead of helping.

 

[Marky Dissod]

My takeaways (feel free to disagree / be wrong):
1. the more often you shut off your engine less than 30 min after starting it, the more often you should change your oil, as in MUCH more often
2. the more often you shut off your engine less than 30 min after starting it, the more often you should use more gasoline

 

[Onlyone]

OMG I better stop using E85 right now! because…internet.

Biggest bunch of bull turds I’ve ever seen.

 

[Doubeleive]

he doesn't give any history of the motor, i.e. mileage, origin i.e. new or used with e85 since new or not, historical data of the engine type i.e. what it is prone to do.
e85 burns cooler than gas so ya it's not going to burn off some material, especially on short hops
I doubt all of that was due to e85 alone just a whim

 

[Marky Dissod]

OMG I better stop using E85 right now! because … internet.

Biggest bunch of bull turds I’ve ever seen.

'Stop using E85' is not even close to what was suggested by that video. So, um, I guess that, 'stop using E85', would be bullschidt?
It's not even the video's title. Unfortunately, you have to watch most of it to avoid misinterpreting it, but that's how life works

Stop using cold starts and short trips?

 

[Dustin Jackson]

The part that got me was comparing a Chevy LS series engine to a boxer engine, to me they are on complete opposite sides of the spectrum. Chevy small block engine have proven to be one of the most reliable on the road while boxer design engine have proven to be the opposite.

 

[Marky Dissod]

The part that got me was comparing a Chevy LS series engine to a boxer engine, to me they are on complete opposite sides of the spectrum.
Chevy small block V8 engines have proven to be one of the most reliable on the road, while boxer design engine have proven to be the opposite.

Granted that comparing GM V8s to flat fours is not exactly a linear comparison.
Still, too many cold starts and too many short trips where the engine never gets up to operating temp, are bad for most engines.

 

[Onlyone]

'Stop using E85' is not even close to what was suggested by that video. So, um, I guess that, 'stop using E85', would be bullschidt?
It's not even the video's title. Unfortunately, you have to watch most of it to avoid misinterpreting it, but that's how life works

Stop using cold starts and short trips?

I never said the video told me to stop. I was being overly dramatic. Get it? Like most of these videos. Sarcasm? Hmmm?

 

[gooffeyguy]

he doesn't give any history of the motor, i.e. mileage, origin i.e. new or used with e85 since new or not, historical data of the engine type i.e. what it is prone to do.
e85 burns cooler than gas so ya it's not going to burn off some material, especially on short hops
I doubt all of that was due to e85 alone just a whim

Exactly!!