[svxistentialist]

Originally Posted by TomsSVX

We will be testing a fuel injector and o rings... fuel rails... fuel pump... and misc hoses and o-rings. When we do this and get results we will let all of u know our findings... good or bad

Tom

Ron may have been using a figure of speech when he mentioned dropping components into a jar of E85. No?

Well, this sort of testing will be a bit less rigorous than that used by the SAE and so on.

Don't get me wrong, it will be better than nothing. However, it will not be as wearing a test on components as when they are subjected to temperatures, changes of temperature, friction wear, and worst of all the formation of acids from water being in the fuel.

If they wrinkle up and wither away, you will know for sure you have a problem. If they don't, testing under these conditions will not guarantee that you won't shortly get accelerated wear, erosion or failure under operational conditions.

It would be better to get hard information on these matters either from the manufacturer or from some university engineering facility.

Joe