Can a 2006 Ford Expedition use E85 fuel?

Question

Can a 2006 Ford Expedition use E85 fuel?

Answer 1

It is not flex fuel.  So, no, you cannot run all E85 in it.  However all cars can run on 10-30% ethanol.  So putting a few gallons of E85 in it is perfectly fine as long as the tank is half full or more.  Just keep your overall ethanol percentage in your tank under 30%.  i run about 25% ethanol in my 2005 ford focus.  the tank holds 14 gallons.  When the needle gets to 3/4 full I add 2 gallons of E85 to it.  I have been doing this for 2 years and never had a single problem.  Blending a little E85 in is better than nothing.  It burns cleaner and saves me money.  All modern cars can run on up to 30% ethanol with no problems.  To run pure E85 though you need a flex fuel car.

Answer 2

No. Expeditions have never been Flex-Fuel vehicles.

Answer 3

I beleieve the flex-fuel compatability for 2006 models are optional.

if you didn't request the option, than it isn't going to run on it long.

Answer 4

No!

Ford has two full hybrid electric vehicle models on the road today – the Ford Escape Hybrid and the Mercury Mariner Hybrid – and will increase production capacity to 250,000 hybrid vehicles a year globally by the end of the decade.

The company will produce up to 250,000 ethanol-capable vehicles this year, including the Ford F-150 pickup truck, as well as the Ford Crown Victoria , Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Car large sedans.

Auto Week reports that Ford plans to offer a more fuel-efficient version of its full-size SUV, the Expedition, that could be powered by either a new European V-8 diesel engine or a gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain.

Ford is angling to have a higher-mileage, full-size SUV that will compete with the hybrid full-size SUVs arriving from GM next year. Such a vehicle could be ready for production around 2010.

Answer 5

Only if the engine was designed to run on the stuff.

Answer 6

Ethanol is a horrible idea.

1. It takes more than 1 gallon of gasoline to just make 1 gallon of ethanol.

2. It cost $1.38 for each gallon of ethanol in government subsides. the tax payer is paying for this.

3. Your vehicle gets between 24%-34% less fuel economy than gas.

4. According to ABC 20/20 #1 myth in america

5. Visit these web sites- www.cato.org (cato institute), ABC 20/20 website, Read the Patzek report.

6. It has much lower BTU rating than gas.

7. All 112 Ethanol plants use coal to burn their plant when they can use ethanol- To Expensive

8. Came out 3 weeks ago. It is worse on the enviroment than gas, this was 18 year study.

9. Requires 65 cm water to grow a bussel of corn-

10. Food prices have skyrocketed- Beef, Chicken,Dairy anything with corn, because corn has doubled in price in 2 years.

11. Soil errods 18x faster than it can replunish itself.

12. Putting fertilizer and pesticide in our groung water.

13. ADM plant in Clinton Iowa puts out 20,000 tons of polluntants when the industry standard is 100 tons.

14. For every $1 ADM makes in profit, it cost the tax payers $30.00 (www.cato.org) ADM makes 70% of the usa ethanol.

15. If we used all of land to grow corn, it would only reduce 1/2 of 1 percent of the foreign oil indepence.

15. We have over 400 years of oil in Colorado in the Green river basin, infact more oil hear than than the entire world combined. www.oil-price.net/index- This can be found anywhere. It was in the 2005 federal energy budget. Can pulled and refined for $12.00 a gallon.

16. It is so corrisive it can NOT go down our pipelines. It must be shipped by train or truck. More fuel used!!!

This is just a start of info I have.

Must watch the ABC 20/20 and cato institute info.

Hillary Clinton has voted 17 times against ethanol and now she is for it. Wonder why- I know. If are against ethanol in the midwest- you will never get more than 5% of the vote.

I could go on forever.

Want to read about Oil Shale in Colorado

http://www.ostseis.anl.gov/guide/oilshal...

GO TO   http://www.fueleconomy.gov   to see if your can run e85

Answer 7

Most newer vehicles are flex fuel.  Flex fuel is alcohol blended fuel E85 is 15% gasoline and 85 alcohol.  It should be ok but your mileage may suck.  You need to be sure before you try it though.