Bay Area E85 Testing - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

0351USMC · 04-02-2015, 03:22 AM

Calling all corn fuelers!!!!!
Has anybody tested the e85 from the Bay Area stations? I plan on hitting these stations occasionally and doing my own testing using this

Granted it only goes to 70% however it shouldn't be hard to add a 60% and 50% onto it.

Post your results, testing methods and date. I'll Update the results and post average reading.

Propel Fuels
849 University Ave
Berkeley, CA 94710
Results:

All Star Fuel-Pearson Fuels
2831 Cesar Chavez St
San Francisco, CA 94110
Results:

Chevron-Propel Fuels
350 Grand Ave
Oakland, CA 94610
Results:

Valero-Unk supplier
1009 Oliver Rd
Fairfield, CA 94534
Results:

Concord Chevron-Pearson Fuels
1001 Willow Pass Court
Concord, CA 94520
Results:

Hayward Chevron-Unk supplier
525 West A Street
Hayward, CA 94541
Results:

880 Food Mart & Gas-Propel Fuels
391 West A street
Hayward, CA
Results:

Redwood City Valero-Propel Fuels
503 Whipple Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94063
Results:

The Racers Line · 04-02-2015, 11:12 AM

Always had good luck with anything from propel!

RC51ed · 04-02-2015, 11:17 AM

Thats a lot of testing. Have fun with that. I think the majority of the propel stations are pretty consistent with about 80% from other cars with an ethanol sensor. Not sure about the rest.

But keep us posted. Id like to see the difference in values with a sensor and that beaker type tester.

mkivsoopra · 04-02-2015, 11:19 AM

Fairfield, Redeood City, and the San Jose Propel stations all dispense ~E80 year-round.

PMok · 04-02-2015, 11:55 AM

I think it should be noted that most of the stations listed so far, are all Propel stations. They simply share retail space with the other station names identified at those locations. So at least for the Propel stations, there is a fair amount of consistency as others have confirmed.

0351USMC · 04-02-2015, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PMok

I think it should be noted that most of the stations listed so far, are all Propel stations. They simply share retail space with the other station names identified at those locations. So at least for the Propel stations, there is a fair amount of consistency as others have confirmed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by RC51ed

Thats a lot of testing. Have fun with that. I think the majority of the propel stations are pretty consistent with about 80% from other cars with an ethanol sensor. Not sure about the rest.

But keep us posted. Id like to see the difference in values with a sensor and that beaker type tester.

Yeah i've heard good stuff about propel. Less worried about those, but want to check them against the others.

G_Ride · 04-02-2015, 03:00 PM

Like everyone else has said, Propel's E85 mixture is consistent all year round.

sw20kosh · 04-02-2015, 06:02 PM

Flex Fuel makes this unnecessary. The sensor will adjust your tune based on E content in the fuel.

0351USMC · 04-03-2015, 02:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sw20kosh

Flex Fuel makes this unnecessary. The sensor will adjust your tune based on E content in the fuel.

Still wanna know who has the consistently highest e-content. getting my money's worth.

04-02-2015, 03:22 AM	#1
0351USMC Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Drives: 2014 FRS JRSC'd Location: Novato, CA Posts: 367 Thanks: 527 Thanked 189 Times in 125 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Bay Area E85 Testing Calling all corn fuelers!!!!! Has anybody tested the e85 from the Bay Area stations? I plan on hitting these stations occasionally and doing my own testing using this Granted it only goes to 70% however it shouldn't be hard to add a 60% and 50% onto it. Post your results, testing methods and date. I'll Update the results and post average reading. *Propel Fuels* 849 University Ave Berkeley, CA 94710 Results: *All Star Fuel-Pearson Fuels* 2831 Cesar Chavez St San Francisco, CA 94110 Results: *Chevron-Propel Fuels* 350 Grand Ave Oakland, CA 94610 Results: *Valero-Unk supplier* 1009 Oliver Rd Fairfield, CA 94534 Results: *Concord Chevron-Pearson Fuels* 1001 Willow Pass Court Concord, CA 94520 Results: *Hayward Chevron-Unk supplier* 525 West A Street Hayward, CA 94541 Results: *880 Food Mart & Gas-Propel Fuels* 391 West A street Hayward, CA Results: *Redwood City Valero-Propel Fuels* 503 Whipple Avenue Redwood City, CA 94063 Results: __________________ Last edited by 0351USMC; 04-02-2015 at 01:55 PM.

04-02-2015, 11:17 AM	#3
RC51ed Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013 Drives: 2013 Scion FRS Location: Eastbay Area Posts: 708 Thanks: 495 Thanked 335 Times in 207 Posts Mentioned: 64 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Thats a lot of testing. Have fun with that. I think the majority of the propel stations are pretty consistent with about 80% from other cars with an ethanol sensor. Not sure about the rest. But keep us posted. Id like to see the difference in values with a sensor and that beaker type tester. __________________

04-02-2015, 11:55 AM	#5
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04-02-2015, 06:02 PM	#8
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