New E85 Fuel

[Jquintel]

Does anybody know offhand if the 93 4 bangers can run the e85 fuel?
my roomate's 93 tracer does, so im kinda wondering....

 

[89Stang]

Dont see any reason why not. However your mileage will be down as E85 doesnt have as much energy (roughly put) as gasoline.

E85s been around for sometime now. Im sure someone else will chime in though. I am unsure about it. Just dont see any reason why not

 

[bhuff30]

no, E85 has far too much Ethanol for your car to run properly. 85% ethanol to be exact.
For one, it is corrosive to some of the seals in your fuel system. Also, the stochimetric mixture it different. It takes a lot more E85 per unit of air than regular gas, and would require more timing to run properly.
The Tracer/taurus was designed to run on gasoline or E85. You will noticed 'FFV' on the side. This stands for fuel flexible vehicle. Ford designed it puprosely to run on either fuel, with the computer compensating for the differences and optimizing. Also, it has proper seals for either fuel.

 

[Stinger]

His 93 tracer won't run for long on E85...

Your car won't either. Anything over 10% ethanol is pushing it...

 

[Pro-Hawk]

no, E85 has far too much Ethanol for your car to run properly. 85% ethanol to be exact.
For one, it is corrosive to some of the seals in your fuel system. Also, the stochimetric mixture it different. It takes a lot more E85 per unit of air than regular gas, and would require more timing to run properly.
The Tracer/taurus was designed to run on gasoline or E85. You will noticed 'FFV' on the side. This stands for fuel flexible vehicle. Ford designed it puprosely to run on either fuel, with the computer compensating for the differences and optimizing. Also, it has proper seals for either fuel.

Ditto.

My wife's Tahoe has a sticker on the inside of the fuel lid....E85/Unleaded fuel.