All,

By a mistake, bless her heart, my 2004 A4 was filled with e85 fuel....EPC light and Engine check light have come on, and I hear its is stalling out.

Any advice?

 

biggest problem will be damage to plastic parts in the fuel system. just get it out of there asap

 

Take it to the dealer or a shop that has a gas caddy, they can stick a tube down the fuel filler neck and suck most of it out. Just bring a couple cans of gasoline with you so you won't be stranded. The ethanol shouldn't hurt any factory componets like the tank or lines, but i wouldn't recommend driving on it as it could damage the motor.

 

Agreed... the fuel system itself is Ethanol compatible. But, how did it happen? The nozzles are suppose to be a different size..?

 

The nozzle shouldn't be a different size for the E85 since there are plenty of cars that run on both the E85 and standard unleaded fuel. I also know plenty of peope running E85 in their cars that were built for unleaded.


The car is stalling because the engine will need 30% more fuel when running E85 since ethanol is a low energy fuel, this means the car is basically starving for fuel at this time, running lean and the ecu cant add enough fuel which is why the ecu is throwing a CEL. Best to just get the fuel out of the tank which you can actually do on your own by pulling the feed line off the tank cover cap that is behind the rear seat in the trunk or by putting a special line on the schrader valve on the fuel rail, then just jump power over to the fuel pump fuse.

 

What's E85? Are you talking about pure ethanol fuel? I haven't see any around my area (NY, NJ, CT tri-state). Most gas stations here sell gas contain 10% ethanol only.

 

E85 is 85% Ethanol.