08 feh towing, the road so far
 

1800 mile trip 1 hr driving @ avg of 53mph
TFT AVG 198F HIGH 203 FOR ABOUT 2 MIN
WT AVG 188 HIGH 196
SCG AVG FUEL 9MPG- 14MPG
NAV DIsp AVG MPG 19.
RPM AVG 2300RPM HIGH 4000 ON UPHILL

total weight 8700lb 6'x12' withbsurge breaks towing 4400lbs

its noticeable but the FEH doesnt feel stressed, breaking is good with deceleration of FEH ahead of time, no sway using the 60/40%... ill keep posting every stop i make to let the FEH REST.. so anout every 1hr to be on the safe side

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

119mi
3000RPM
TFT MAX 220F
WT 200F

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

130mi

thru the grapevine

TFT 236°F GCO 275°F WT 215°F

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

Mis-print or only 11 miles in a hour???

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

35-40mph, drove 11 miles uphill stoped ate s
nd let the feh cool down, posted when i wad leaving.. i was using the truck route 😁

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

soooo, i near 500mi into my trip, avg temp for ecvt is 219 avg coolant temp is 197 mec is normally around 127-137.... nav displaay says 17mpg sscangauge i still cant figjure out hkw to do the fuel meazuring since it keeps saying 10mpg less than nav, .. ive used about rough guesstimate 22 gallons of gas ... ill say not bad????

NOW ON TO THE BAD,

I HAD IT ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 55-60MPH AND "STOP SAFELY NOW" MSG CAME ON, I KEPT MY FOOT ON THE PEDAL UNTIL THE BATTERY DIED, I THEN STOPPED scanned for codes there was non, k force cleard then anyways . turn my FEH off for about 1 min turned on and continued to my scheduled stop( my alarm went off to stop along with the msg...lol) i am stolping every 2 hrs.. now time to eat lunch and let it cool down for at least 1 hr

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

in tucson red triangle came on again bit a simple restart got it fixed..maybe i was going too fast..idl

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

Mine is an orange triangle. It sounds like the electronics got too hot.

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

idk, but it a simple restart seemed to get rid of it, and the first time it turned on it was about a year ago, and i wasnt even running i just had the battery on to listen to the radio while i packed, the red triangle turned on i called ford they say"a catastrophic failure of with the hybrid system had occur" i towed it to the dealer and they said it was the mecs pump, i bought it and installed it my self... the funny thing is that i hooke up the old pump to the battery and it still works.. i regret not going thru with making my own ecvt cooler.. ill will make it once o get to texas.. im getting about 240miles to 11 gallons not bad....

not many replies so im not posting much:( ..

i saw a max of 251 HPR... :)

Re: 08 feh towing, the road so far
 

Interesting. The triangle is yellow on my 2008. And it was the MECS pump on mine as well. I only had to pull to the side, turn it off, and then back on. It happened going up a long hill for me. Replacing the pump fixed the problem.