Bart S asked: I kinda think Harley Davidson will NEVER run on
E85 blended gasoline, and in certain areas of the U.S. there will be a time in the short future where ONLY
E85 will be the ONLY fuel available.
What happens then?
but,, E85 is corrosive to fuel tanks and fuel lines, the inside of the tank either has to be coated, or made of plastic.
HD’s with plastic
gas tanks? Oh ! The
Shame !!!
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According to my dealer yes – but don’t expect to same m.p.h. to a tank.
why are you so preoccupied with something you dont like and dont appreciate?
is it that difficult for you to communicate with others,except in the negative ?
grow up,get a life,and let us worry about our own things,you’ll never have a harley,so dont worry about it.
You know you get about 50% of your gas mileage with E85. I don’t want to stop and refill every 70-80 miles when I’m on the road.
Of course your big sister’s old Huffy with the banana seat and the little bell that goes “ching ching” doesn’t use gas so your passive aggressive attacks on Harleys and their owners don’t count.
The only way any spark ignition engine can run on either 100% gasoline or E85 is if it’s fuel injected and has the little device Chrysler invented back in 1986 that detects the amount of alcohol in the fuel and adjusts the length of injector on time accordingly. Not all fuel injected systems have it, only those specifically designed to be flex fuel do have it. Gasoline runs best at an air-fuel ratio of 14:1 while E85 needs about 6:1. E85 gets fewer miles per gallon because it only has around 2/3 the Btu per gallon as gasoline (80 something thousand Btus compared to 120 some odd thousand for gas).
If the vehicle is made for E85, then there won’t be any problem with corrosion. The biggest problem comes when the vehicle has been run on straight gas for years and then E85 is added. It will pick up any water that has formed in the gas tank as well as cut loose a lot of other deposits.