E85 in very cold climates, how about cold starts?
Our kit does not have a cold start feature. Relative to cold start, our kit automatically gives added fuel during ignition by increasing the fuel injectors’ on-time. Without this added fuel, the system would not work in cold weather. That being said, E85 (like diesel & bio-diesel) does not work as well as petrol in extremely cold weather. This is the result of using ethanol, regardless of whether you are using any type of conversion kit, or even if you have a new flex-fuel vehicle. In the winter, petrol stations actually blend E85 at 70% ethanol/30% gas to minimise this problem. Typically, the worst case scenario (even in extremely cold conditions) is that your car may require 2 or 3 key turns. We are aware that some of our competitors offer a cold-start-option, however from what he hear, this feature does not work as well as intended, or even worse than without any additional feature. We are currently in research and development for a cold-start-feature, but as of yet don´t have a fea
