1985 3.2 and E10 conversion?
Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2021 5:23 pm
So difficult to get some facts, so asking here.
I have a standard 3.2 from 1985 in my 73T 911.
It's been in here since 1995 and run on Shell 97/99 octane.
It runs fabulously in every respect, and has never been apart; current miles 130K I think, possibly 140K, stock DME.
Fuel lines are 3.2 Porsche parts, new in 1995, fuel pump is a 964 part. None of these pipes have been changed in 26 years and are sound.
Shell will soon have ethanol in their 99 octane fuels, might have already, maybe for many year for all I know, so ethanol could be corroding the fuel system, esp the high pressure side.
Come the day when it might spring a leak it is bound to happen at a bad time, failures always do, so what is the remedy?
I see high pressure (6 bar) flex tube is now available so that could be used but will require the correct 'Otika' clips which I have used but only on carb engines.
Is DIY a reliable method?
Fuel pumps: what could be used that will match the 3.2 system for pressure and flow rate?
I have started to use Esso ethanol free fuel recently, but this will also get ethanol soon I feel.
Anyone else trying to find out how to fix our cars before the failures start?
I have a standard 3.2 from 1985 in my 73T 911.
It's been in here since 1995 and run on Shell 97/99 octane.
It runs fabulously in every respect, and has never been apart; current miles 130K I think, possibly 140K, stock DME.
Fuel lines are 3.2 Porsche parts, new in 1995, fuel pump is a 964 part. None of these pipes have been changed in 26 years and are sound.
Shell will soon have ethanol in their 99 octane fuels, might have already, maybe for many year for all I know, so ethanol could be corroding the fuel system, esp the high pressure side.
Come the day when it might spring a leak it is bound to happen at a bad time, failures always do, so what is the remedy?
I see high pressure (6 bar) flex tube is now available so that could be used but will require the correct 'Otika' clips which I have used but only on carb engines.
Is DIY a reliable method?
Fuel pumps: what could be used that will match the 3.2 system for pressure and flow rate?
I have started to use Esso ethanol free fuel recently, but this will also get ethanol soon I feel.
Anyone else trying to find out how to fix our cars before the failures start?