ecoboost question

[03F150ESCB-Bob]

I see on the gas filler it says no ethanol 85 or other... i thought all they sell now is E85? what effects can this have on the motor?

 

[blacksnapon]

The e85 thing is probably regional. You have to look far and wide here to find it. Unless it says plainly "FLEX FUEL" dont use it!

 

[73F100Shortbed]

Most gas here is not E85. Just make sure the pump says 'contains 10% ethonal' or whatever it says now. Honestly I haven't seen any E85 pumps around here.

 

[john112deere]

E10 is what you see everywhere, now. That'll work fine in anything new.

E85 is virtually impossible to find around here...seems like in ND, every station I stopped at had it, but that's the only place I remember seeing it consistently.

 

[Blue Goose]

We have just a couple of stations around the St. Louis area with E-85.

 

[5.0Flareside]

we only have one station here that has it now....

 

[O'Rattlecan]

An E85 station around here is hard to find. I know of one in Sedalia that i drive by on the way to the grandparent's.

Ryan

 

[BlondeGurli]

Do NOT put e85 in an EcoBoost as it isn't a flexfuel vehicle.

 

[Skandocious]

Read the manual-- it shows in big bold letters that you should NOT use e85 in the EcoBoost. Like Trista said, it's not a flexfuel vehicle.

 

[FordF-SuperDuty]

There's one E85 station that I know of and it happens to be right by our house. We use it in our Suburban due to price.

 

[Skandocious]

My understanding is that higher ethanol content will lead to lower gas mileage. But I've been wrong before... Once...

 

[O'Rattlecan]

My understanding is that higher ethanol content will lead to lower gas mileage. But I've been wrong before... Once...

+1.

The E85 has less potential energy in it than gasoline. In the olden days, ethyl would be the 'premium' gas because it did the equivalent of adding octane. It resisted early detonation similarly, but did so by removing energy.

You probably already know this Bob, but octane removes early detonation and makes the gas less volatile, not more volatile. E85 takes more fuel to do the same amount of work.

Ryan