Continental / Haltech E85 Sensor
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I think if you have the long version of the sensor the tube may need to be cut. You should confirm, but I remember reading it on an MR2 forum.
I have the short version sensor and the Russell -6 adapters worked just fine.
There are two versions of the adapter fittings. One uses a plastic push-on clip. The other is threaded and uses a threaded cap. These are the threaded type, which seems more reliable to me.
I have the short version sensor and the Russell -6 adapters worked just fine.
There are two versions of the adapter fittings. One uses a plastic push-on clip. The other is threaded and uses a threaded cap. These are the threaded type, which seems more reliable to me.
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I hope you guys are running a water filtration unit with flex fuel... These are hygroscopic sensors, so if you want any accuracy you MUST run water filtration.
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I don't see why a Diesel Water Separator unit wouldn't be a perfect match for this application. Just make sure it's under 40 micron.
You'd run this BEFORE your standard fuel filter, which should be 10 micron or smaller.
For instance, my setup is going to be something between 9000-11000cc/min of maximum fuel flow (142-174 GPH) and I'd want a dedicated 10 micron water separator (it still filters the fuel) before my 3 Micron Fuel filter/Water Separator combo unit.
Here's a good option for me:
Racor Filter 1000FH10 Diesel Fuel Filter Water Separator
You'd run this BEFORE your standard fuel filter, which should be 10 micron or smaller.
For instance, my setup is going to be something between 9000-11000cc/min of maximum fuel flow (142-174 GPH) and I'd want a dedicated 10 micron water separator (it still filters the fuel) before my 3 Micron Fuel filter/Water Separator combo unit.
Here's a good option for me:
Racor Filter 1000FH10 Diesel Fuel Filter Water Separator
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really good view. Really if your draining your system well enough between changing fuel types going up to E85 doesn't really matter about water in the system.
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I don't see why a Diesel Water Separator unit wouldn't be a perfect match for this application. Just make sure it's under 40 micron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1zHKOalysY
You'd run this BEFORE your standard fuel filter, which should be 10 micron or smaller.
For instance, my setup is going to be something between 9000-11000cc/min of maximum fuel flow (142-174 GPH) and I'd want a dedicated 10 micron water separator (it still filters the fuel) before my 3 Micron Fuel filter/Water Separator combo unit.
Here's a good option for me:
Racor Filter 1000FH10 Diesel Fuel Filter Water Separator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1zHKOalysY
You'd run this BEFORE your standard fuel filter, which should be 10 micron or smaller.
For instance, my setup is going to be something between 9000-11000cc/min of maximum fuel flow (142-174 GPH) and I'd want a dedicated 10 micron water separator (it still filters the fuel) before my 3 Micron Fuel filter/Water Separator combo unit.
Here's a good option for me:
Racor Filter 1000FH10 Diesel Fuel Filter Water Separator
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I don't see why a Diesel Water Separator unit wouldn't be a perfect match for this application. Just make sure it's under 40 micron.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1zHKOalysY
You'd run this BEFORE your standard fuel filter, which should be 10 micron or smaller.
For instance, my setup is going to be something between 9000-11000cc/min of maximum fuel flow (142-174 GPH) and I'd want a dedicated 10 micron water separator (it still filters the fuel) before my 3 Micron Fuel filter/Water Separator combo unit.
Here's a good option for me:
Racor Filter 1000FH10 Diesel Fuel Filter Water Separator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1zHKOalysY
You'd run this BEFORE your standard fuel filter, which should be 10 micron or smaller.
For instance, my setup is going to be something between 9000-11000cc/min of maximum fuel flow (142-174 GPH) and I'd want a dedicated 10 micron water separator (it still filters the fuel) before my 3 Micron Fuel filter/Water Separator combo unit.
Here's a good option for me:
Racor Filter 1000FH10 Diesel Fuel Filter Water Separator
I have been running E85 for over 5 years and have been monitoring my E% with a sensor for 4 years. I do live in a dry climate but have never seen an abnormal jump in E% across the seasons ever in my car. Winter here is AZ is always 75 to 77 % and summer is always close to 85%. Car always sits for 3 months or so during Summer/Monsoon season with a full tank of E85, which is our most humid. I am sure water does get into the system but for where I live there is no way it is close to the ration of water and fuel in the video.
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In that video the water isnt mixed with the fuel like it is when mixed with e85. So is that filter going to be able to remove the water when it is completely mixed into the e85?
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I would recommend researching that more and am fairly sure those filters either won't separate water from E85 or if it does then it will also likely separate out ethanol with it. Water and ethanol bind together on an atomic level. The diesel water separator filters works on the principle that the water and diesel are not binding, but instead are two distinctly separate fluids, i.e. they have phase separation.
Phase separation in E85 occurs at about 20% water. One phase is gasoline and the other phase is the atomically bonded alcohol/water. When that happens I'm fairly certain the filter you noted will fill up immediately with ethanol/water because it will be trying to scavenge out the 15% fraction of gasoline-only to send to the engine. That assumes it will efficiently separate anything at all in this particular case, which is still quite different than diesel & water. It typically requires distillation to separate water from alcohol due to the atomic bonding. Otherwise every distillery and moonshiner could just filter out the water to make booze.
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