Posted by RGMartin on May 14, 2018 at 04:09:29 from (75.90.29.246):
In Reply to: Flex fuel..real data posted by Hay hay hay on May 13, 2018 at 18:06:04:
I did a little 5 month study in my 15 F250(6.2l flex fuel with LP/CNG prep). We have a few stations in my area starting to carry it. One seems to fluctuate prices with
the market, 45-75 cent difference(but not in a direction I go often). The others are a chain that pegs it at 40 cents under 87 octane gas.
I needed to maintain a 13-15% price difference to break even. At $2.00 E85/$2.40 87oct at the big chain the numbers worked for me. I made it a point of carrying cans with me an grabbing an extra 20 gallons when I went near the station with better prices.
As we go closer to $3 gas the $2.60 E85 quits being economical.
Mileage was also remarkably worse when towing, even a light trailer. Going into spring where I was going to be pulling fertilizer most every day, I switched back to gas as I didn't want to have to run 20 miles for E85, and the mileage pulling 10K plus is horrible.
Lack of power was never an issue. I had a couple times where it idled rough in the first couple tanks when switching over, but was told it is normal.
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