exhummer guy
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dealer was nice enough to fill my 07 up with fuel when I picked it up now down to half tank can I fill up with E85?? anything i should worry about ? My first flex fuel vehicle
Aussie Red said:yes you can and it runs fine. Hard to always find E85 .
pj41 said:My dealer said to make sure it was below 1/4 tank before switching to gas or e85.
Maybe he was wrong?
ltxi said:He was wrong, although I tend to do that anyway.
Rocky07 said:Yep. dealer was wrong (not unusual). Mix it how ever you want.
I think I remember that ethanol was used to replace the highly toxic MTBE. When I first moved to Denver the gas was oxygenated with ethanol between November and February but now it's all year. The Shell products here say "up to 10% ethanol may be used..." on all 3 grades. I run the low grade in the Av and the premium grade in another car - no problems.Flint4x4 said:When ethanol first came out it was E10 or E15 and many people wouldn't use it, it was usually labeled economy. Most stations still sold regular/midgrade/premium with no ethanol, unless premium is required older vehicles can burn E10 no problem.
My DIC is accurate highway, I can't use E85 in my '04. The computer will adjust to burn anything from E10 to E85, only way to compare accurately is by pencil over the same route, same driving habits, same driving conditions. No surprise there.
The V8 engne was first with flex fuel and then they added the variable displacement option. I'd expect as they add the flex fuel technology across the engine line the computers will tune them to operate at increased effiency. Right now they are still adding it
jeffbco said:I think I remember that ethanol was used to replace the highly toxic MTBE.
Lead?Flint4x4 said:Yes, but originally it was used for economy grade gasoline. MTBE was used to replace lead, we had leaded/no lead for years. I'm unsure exact formulae used but they found a way to use ethanol/E-10 and ditch both MTBE and lead.