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      02-24-2016, 08:59 AM   #18
gixxerboy63
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Originally Posted by Myaddiction View Post
In a X6/5M? How much is he running? Does he have a tune? If the long term fuel trims go over 20% the ECU will trigger a "to lean" fault. The air fuel ratio is fine but the ECU doesn't understand why it takes the extra volume of fuel to meet the AFR targets. It is because you need @30% more volume with ethanol to meet the AFR targets.

I've seen it numerous times on the stock tune when I add to much E85 in the mix. No impact to the motor.
So no ill-fated effects as long as the tune is adjusted for it?
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