The car runs 11-1 without the **** and 10-1 with it. I was told by the seller that the tune currently in the car is safe both with and without the ****.
How do you know that it is safe? Just for future reference. Is there an easy way to tell if certain washer fluid will work? Other than the color. Where did you get the percent **** from? So this would be the equivilant of a 50/50 mix? I only ask in case I ran out and had to buy some on the road and wwould want to make sure it is safe.
I am about 700 feet above sea level. My problem is that I have no idea of where the closet tuner would be. I'm not comfortable with anyone around me. I live on the Maine border for reference.
You need a WB to see what your AFRs are running at.
The MSD sheet you posted gave the % in the hazardous ingredients section.
Yes, there is some argument about whether or not to use washer fluid. Most of the cheap blue washer fluids are just water, methanol, a drop of glycerin, and blue dye. The glycerin and dye are the only things people have a problem with. The dye will color your intake blue, and the glycerin can gum up in your manifold and heads. But nobody has ever claimed washer fluid ruined their engine.
There is a small group that claims the mixture is inconsistent, but the % differences they are crying over is insignificant.
With that said, I mix my own. I buy a 5gal. container of 100% ****, 5gal. of distilled water, and a mix it all with a gallon of blue washer fluid.
Why mix in the washer fluid?
Because water and methanol are colorless and I use the blue to show that I have mixed it. Otherwise I might not know if its 100% **** or 50% ****. The blue is diluted so much in 10gal. that its very faint.
I can buy the **** for $30 for 5gal. and 5gal. of distilled water for under $5, and a gal. of washer fluid for about a $1. So for about $3/gal. I have my own 50/50 water/**** mixture.
However, I would not have a problem running straight blue washer fluid in a pinch.
