About flex fuel

Asked by Frances Jan 18, 2016 at 06:23 PM about the 2010 Ford Escape XLT FWD

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Is it ok if I Only use the flex fuel in my suv.Some
people said it would cause problems...

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Kelly answered 8 years ago

Flexible fuel vehicles (FFVs) are designed to run on gasoline or gasoline-ethanol blends of up to 85% ethanol (E85).1 Except for a few engine and fuel system modifications, they are identical to gasoline-only models. FFVs experience no loss in performance when operating on E85, and some generate more torque and horsepower than when operating on gasoline. However, since ethanol contains less energy per volume than gasoline, FFVs typically get about 15%–30% fewer miles per gallon when fuelled with E85.2

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F_O_R answered 8 years ago

I would stick to E10 gas or better and forget that corn filled garbage fuel.

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Guru92Q11 answered 6 years ago

I have a 2015. Ford Escape it says eco boos on nack or the car e10 on has cap the place where i bought from ot can e85 gas im double checking now

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Michael answered 5 years ago

I am thinking funding the oil co's is a bad thing. Lets give the farmers some love

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