Flex fuel?
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From: cali
Flex fuel?
my dads friend told me the lil flower next to the ford symbol on the back means a have a flex fuel truck now i am not totally sure wat that means but he also said i can use ethnol i am afraid totry it can anyone help me?
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No risk. The truck was designed to run on either 100% unleaded or E-85. As far as being cheaper, well it may be less expensive at the pump, but from what I understand, you won't get the miles per gallon out of E-85 that you get out of regular unleaded. I've heard somewhere in the neighborhood of 14-16 mpg on E85.
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From: Belleville, Ontario
Use your prefered search to find out more about E-85.
Here's one of many sites.
http://www.e85fuel.com/
Here's one of many sites.
http://www.e85fuel.com/
Post Fiend
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From: Connecticut
I was gonna point this out but Ken already said it better than I could in a previous post:
BTW, here in CT virtually all gasoline at the pumps now has 10% ethanol blended in with it (MTBE was banned).
Originally posted by Ken00
Flexible Fuel Vehicles can run on fuel ethanol or on unleaded gasoline. The flex fuel sensor detects the alcohol content of the fuel to determine what type of fuel is being used. The FFV fuel system components are made from special materials to withstand the ethanol fuel. It [the flex fuel sensor] is located on the frame rail and has an electrical connector....
Flexible Fuel Vehicles can run on fuel ethanol or on unleaded gasoline. The flex fuel sensor detects the alcohol content of the fuel to determine what type of fuel is being used. The FFV fuel system components are made from special materials to withstand the ethanol fuel. It [the flex fuel sensor] is located on the frame rail and has an electrical connector....
Last edited by Rockledge; Dec 6, 2003 at 09:00 AM.
