I was in Duluth, MN this weekend and decided to experiment. I have been using E10 for years in all of my gasoline engines, large and small, without any problems, so Saturday when I saw E85 offered at one location at $0.55 per gallon less than gasoline I put in 10 gallons on top of the 10 gallons of E10 that I had in the tank.
I drove all around town, on the highway, and up and down the steep hills of Duluth. No problems. So today when it was time to head home, I filled up with E85 (22 more gallons). I drove 105 miles, all at highway speed, without any performance problems. The "Check Engine" light came on at around 70 miles, but no drivability problems were detected. I suspect the "Check Engine" light is indicating a lean mixture due to the oxygen rich nature of ethanol, and therefore is simply out the calibration range the computer expects. I am confident the fuel system is ethanol compatible because Ford has been authorizing E10 for years. Can anyone suggest a reason not to continue using E85 in this vehicle? Thank you. Michael _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
