VeraSun Energy testing E85 Escape Hybrid
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VeraSun Energy testing E85 Escape Hybrid
Mystery solved?
VeraSun Testing Hybrid Escape at this link:
http://domesticfuel.com/2007/08/10/v...hybrid-escape/
Link for video http://www.keloland.com/videoarchive...File=081007gas
Now how about a report after nearly 1 year of testing?
VeraSun Testing Hybrid Escape at this link:
http://domesticfuel.com/2007/08/10/v...hybrid-escape/
Link for video http://www.keloland.com/videoarchive...File=081007gas
Now how about a report after nearly 1 year of testing?
Last edited by Billyk; Jun 21, 2008 at 07:59 PM. Reason: more information
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Re: VeraSun Energy testing E85 Escape Hybrid
This is the real evidence
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Re: VeraSun Energy testing E85 Escape Hybrid
What was the mystery? Didn't I say in February it was a VeraSun Vehicle ( the one in the snow ) that I took photos of? Maybe not. Maybe no-one asked. Oh well. I took the photos in the Parking Lot of a VeraSun facility, so yes, I can confirm it was being used by VeraSun Energy, and I spoke to the driver who sadly, really wasn't keeping track of MPG.
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Re: VeraSun Energy testing E85 Escape Hybrid
Can you shed light on what the fuel injector and pump size is for the E85 Escape Hybrid? There is also a software update for the ECM on this vehicle but it is unlikely anyone but Ford Motor Company could tell us what this is.
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Re: VeraSun Energy testing E85 Escape Hybrid
I don't know that one... E85 does not require massive amounts of extra fuel... just perhaps 25% more. The normal ones in my car seem to work fine.
I've not yet taken it up a steep mountain grade with E85, but I've gone on the highway at 75 MPH which is almost as much... fuel-wise... as a steep mountain at 55 or 60 MPH.
I really can't tell I'm using E85, except my MPG is in the 20's.
When cold, I had a little bit rough idle with E85.
It is smooth at everything above idle, even when the engine is cold.
I've not yet taken it up a steep mountain grade with E85, but I've gone on the highway at 75 MPH which is almost as much... fuel-wise... as a steep mountain at 55 or 60 MPH.
I really can't tell I'm using E85, except my MPG is in the 20's.
When cold, I had a little bit rough idle with E85.
It is smooth at everything above idle, even when the engine is cold.
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