Topic: Hudson E85 causing starting problems. (Read 444 times)

rusty70f100 · « **on:** October 12, 2009, 10:41:24 AM »

Well the latest cold snap has rolled around... and the '06 F150 FFV didn't start right away. I would turn the key, and it would cough, stumble, die. It did that about 5 times before it would stay running long enough I could hold it at 2000rpm for a few minutes so it would run. This is behavior I would expect from my old Explorer conversion, not a relatively new factory FFV!

I had this problem last winter with E85 from the Hudson, IA station. Fuel from the Kwik Star over in Parkersburg doesn't cause that problem.

I suspect they haven't blended their fuel down from full E85 to E75 or whatever the fall blend is yet. The price has stayed fixed at $1.87 for quite a while now.

I don't want to complain too loudly, or they might just pull their E85 out and not sell it anymore. They do need to be informed though. What should I tell them?

1outlaw · « **Reply #1 on:** October 12, 2009, 12:23:31 PM »

Quote from: rusty70f100 on October 12, 2009, 10:41:24 AM

Well the latest cold snap has rolled around... and the '06 F150 FFV didn't start right away. I would turn the key, and it would cough, stumble, die. It did that about 5 times before it would stay running long enough I could hold it at 2000rpm for a few minutes so it would run. This is behavior I would expect from my old Explorer conversion, not a relatively new factory FFV!

I had this problem last winter with E85 from the Hudson, IA station. Fuel from the Kwik Star over in Parkersburg doesn't cause that problem.

I suspect they haven't blended their fuel down from full E85 to E75 or whatever the fall blend is yet. The price has stayed fixed at $1.87 for quite a while now.

I don't want to complain too loudly, or they might just pull their E85 out and not sell it anymore. They do need to be informed though. What should I tell them?

First- don't tell. Ask if the fuel has transitioned over to fall yet. Ask when they got their last load. Then tell ! This year has been difficult to know if it should be E78 or if it should be transitioning towards E70. They need to know it is making a difference in your car. Consider doing the phase sep test as I gave you guys back a month or so in this thread;http://e85vehicles.com/e85/index.php/topic,3148.0.html