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asshanson
02-27-2009, 02:02 PM
My PTE880s were super messed up, but not quite as bad as the one carnage pic you posted. My FIC 1600s also had a little buildup on them, but nothing melted, just a little gunk.

I replaced my fuel filter twice since I switched to e85 a year ago, hoping that would solve the issue.
311evo
02-27-2009, 02:17 PM
hmm. im going to go check mine pretty soon.
niterydr
02-27-2009, 02:32 PM
PTE was our injector supplier.
turbotalon1g
02-27-2009, 03:52 PM
^and apparently E85 compatible.
C3L1CA
02-27-2009, 07:55 PM
I have been following the thread on link as well and just went out and checked my injectors. I had no goop on mine at all. Thats with roughly 3k miles with the old ford 1600's, 255 walbro, completely stock fuel feed lines from the tank to the filter and filter to rail, stock fuel filter, stock regulator, and mostly almost all e70, only one tank of true e85 was ran though it while trying to work out all the bugs.
x-pride
02-28-2009, 10:57 AM
This was the answer David got from PTE on Evom
"I called PTE first thing this morning. They told me this is an isolated incident that they have not seen before. He is going to check with the manufacture of the injector though and verify that it is just odd."

So what I am understanding from this thread is most people seen the black stuff on FIC injectors and only a few isolated incedent on PTE injectors. I was going to switch my car to E-85 when the summer mix comes around. Nice thing I got two to three months before the good stuff comes around. Giving a chance to see what is really going on here.
Kracka
02-28-2009, 02:39 PM
For an E85 car the FIC BlueMax injectors seem like the safe choice.
turbotalon1g
02-28-2009, 02:48 PM
^Thats what I have been reading also. not to mention the low resistance (?) low ohms are easier for tuning.
CarRacer
02-28-2009, 06:37 PM
Is it the injector isolator melting or is it just crap from the fuel lines?

It was my understanding that E85 cleans out your fuel system and flushes any crap in it to your injectors. That's why it's recommended to change your fuel filter a couple times after making the switch. People who neglected to do so ended up with clogged injectors and fuel filters.
Mwolf83
02-28-2009, 08:05 PM
For an E85 car the FIC BlueMax injectors seem like the safe choice.
Or the Deatschwerks from AMS, but they are only available in 750's, 880's and 1600's. Not to mention they have a 1 year warranty, thats probably what I'll go with. Plus they are only $308 for the set, not bad at all.