2007-03-10 04:48:22 · 7 answers · asked by Ski_VT 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Go and get your vehicles VIN # then go to this website and click on buy an E85/ffv vehicle. It will show you how to find out if you are E85 compatible by VIN
2007-03-10 04:55:54 · answer #1 · answered by stephenn1998 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Brazilian so this E85 thing is new for me, so I read about it at Wikipedia.
First of all in late 70s we had out first ethanol powered cars in Brazil; in that time cars ran on 100% ethanol and had carburators... (obviously we also had gasoline powered cars, as we do today).
In late 2003 the first flex-fuel car was produced in Brazil, since new technologies were developed it became possible for the engine to identify the gasoline-ethanol mix you have in your car and dinamically define parameters for the engine to run.
(mix can vary from 0-100% for gasoline or ethanol)
The secret behind is not only this dinamic engine setup, ethanol is corrosive (in the long term) so there are a lot be prepared in pipes and exausting systems.
Even gasoline powered cars in Brazil and adapted and run on 24% ethanol and 76% gasoline to reduce emmissions. This is enforced by law. You'll never find 100% gasoline on a gas station, were it says "gasoline" your using the 24% ethanol mix.
In Brazil we use ethanol as a car fuel for around 30 years, so Brazilian companies developed these changes to our cars, but I am not sure about north american cars...
Since your car was produced before US discovered E85, I recommend you don't use it.
2007-03-10 06:22:22 · answer #2 · answered by augusto_cardoso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look on the car's front fender for a logo with a leaf & a piece of road. maybe the letters FFV. this means it's a flex fuel vehicle. if that's not there, check your car's VIN number (the little plate on the dash, visible thru the drivers lower corner of the windshield) if the 8th digit is a U, you have to run regular gas. if it's a 2, you're ok.
2007-03-10 05:15:52 · answer #3 · answered by schizophreniabeatsdiningalone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably will do fine as engine propellant ... if the valves clatter and the engine tends to run not so smoothly then you must return to the higher octane of regular gas .... so as not to damage the engine and it runs smooth ... also a phone call to the ""service writer"" at the Mercury dealer can provide you with the good information about the necessary and correct octane for yo ride..
2007-03-10 04:59:10 · answer #4 · answered by XTX 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your car is compatible, it will have a logo on it that says Flexible Fuel. The logo will be a green leaf.
2007-03-10 04:58:51 · answer #5 · answered by lj1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 19:20:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-03-10 04:55:10 · answer #7 · answered by Straight Forward 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋