Now what kind of fuel is Flex Fuel?
I drive a Ford Expedition and it has this ‘Flex Fuel’ sign badge at the back. That made me think as to what kind of petrol do I use in my vehicle.
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A Flexible Fuel Vehicle or FFV is an alternative fuel vehicle with an internal combustion engine designed to run on more than one fuel, usually gasoline blended with either ethanol or methanol fuel.
FFVs have been produced since the 1980s, and dozens of models are currently available. Since FFVs look just like gasoline-only models, you may be driving an FFV and not even know it.
How to check if your vehicle is a FFV?
Check the colour of your car’s fuel cap. Most manufacturers started putting yellow gas caps on FFVs as of model year 2008.
Some cars have labels on the fuel door indicating the fuel type.
Look for ‘flex fuel’ badge on your car’s body, like I found on my vehicle.
In fuel economy testing, the E85 vehicles achieve less kms more per gallon (mpg) than their gasoline-fueled counterpart since Ethanol contains less energy per gallon as compared to gasoline.
So check your vehicles and tell us if you are driving a ‘Flex fuel’ automobile.
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