JustHelping asked:
I am looking to buy a car that runs off of biodiesel and ethanol, but I’m having problems finding what cars are out there. I want them made this year and not personally converted, manufactured that way. Can anyone give me a list of what manufactured cars run off of one or the other alternative fuel listed?
I am looking to buy a car that runs off of biodiesel and ethanol, but I’m having problems finding what cars are out there. I want them made this year and not personally converted, manufactured that way. Can anyone give me a list of what manufactured cars run off of one or the other alternative fuel listed?
i believe that there is a Volkswagen jetta that does.
Any standard diesel engine can be converted pretty simply to biodiesel
Any diesel engine should run on biodiesel, however, it is not a good idea to put ethanol into your diesel engine because it won’t run and if mixed with diesel it will substantially reduce the flashpoint of the fuel which creates a significant safety hazard (think boom
For ethanol in a gasoline powered vehicle, you are probably already using E10 (gasoline blended with up to 10 percent ethanol by volume). If you would like to use higher blend levels or E85 (85 percent ethanol, 15 percent gasoline), then you are going to need to purchase a flexable-fuel vehicle (or FFVs). Most domestic car companies produce a number of models that are FFVs, but foreign manufacturers do not really produce many models in the US (for example, Toyota only has two models, the Tundra and Sequoia). Most FFVs are clearly marked that they are FFVs and have yellow gas caps that explicitly say you can use E85 in the vehicle. The vehicle manufacturers have lists of models that you can buy as FFVs, and this should be available on their website. Also try here:
Using ethanol-gasoline blends of higher than 10 percent will generally void any warranty on a non-FFV so don’t do it unless you’re ok with that.
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