Should i use ethanol gas in my 2000 ford taurus?
Redneck is right.. if it’s made to use e85 (It’s written on the gas door if it can use it) then it’s allowable to use it. However there are two down sides One- you loose about 1-2 MPG of Gas mileage by going e-85 (as the octane is higher, the actual energy produced is lower) ..For most folks, it will be cheaper or on par with what they are paying for gas right now if actual fuel economy is kept up two- need to change the oil at 3,000 miles instead of 5,000 as it’s a little more damaging to internals if by products are not flushed out of oil (It’s in the owners manual about this fact) If you are an enviromentalist however, it’s proven that e85 is actually a wasteful fuel if using corn as the ethanol fuel….. it takes a gallon of fuel to make 1.3 gallons of corn ethanol..
