91 lumina euro w/ methanol option
maddan26
12-01-2003, 07:11 PM
can someone explain to me what the advantage is of having the methanol option on my lumina. what can i do with it and where can i get methanol in southern california?
The Burning Rom
12-02-2003, 10:53 AM
IIRC, the methanol option is for emissions in California. If I'm right, then I wouldn't consider that an advantage.
hoosier1
12-07-2003, 06:20 PM
can someone explain to me what the advantage is of having the methanol option on my lumina. what can i do with it and where can i get methanol in southern california?
The advantage or lack thereof is yet to be proven.
Your car is known as a Flexible Fuel Vehicle or FFV. It will run on M85 or regular gas automatically. M85 is 85% Methanol and when you fill up with this fuel a sensor automatically adjusts the fuel control to burn this fuel. You can mix the 2 fuels if you like.
Flexible Fuel Vehicles were mostly purchased by Government Fleets to get a lower cost/ mile vehicle.
Most Agencies did not renew them when it became replacement time.
They still make them but now are called FFV and use E 85 for Ethanol 85%.
Ethanol and Methanol produces less noxious emissions than Mogas and regular 87 Octane fuel does.
Bob
The advantage or lack thereof is yet to be proven.
Your car is known as a Flexible Fuel Vehicle or FFV. It will run on M85 or regular gas automatically. M85 is 85% Methanol and when you fill up with this fuel a sensor automatically adjusts the fuel control to burn this fuel. You can mix the 2 fuels if you like.
Flexible Fuel Vehicles were mostly purchased by Government Fleets to get a lower cost/ mile vehicle.
Most Agencies did not renew them when it became replacement time.
They still make them but now are called FFV and use E 85 for Ethanol 85%.
Ethanol and Methanol produces less noxious emissions than Mogas and regular 87 Octane fuel does.
Bob
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