Well, figure of speech, sort of:
I was assuming Tom would add some water, some urine, stir and then test in a Philly snow bank and later, in direct summer sun. Tom seems more than capable enough to devise a variety of torture tests, perhaps a baseline with e85 and another with water, etc. I wonder about that plastic fuel tank though, I would really like to see how a piece of that holds up.
Manufacturer help? University help? That's doubtful. But a few adventurous owners sacrificing low budget svx projects, that's possible.
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Originally Posted by svxistentialist
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.
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