I saw an advert for a nice ride I'll be interested in but the fuel type showed "flexible-fuel". I googled it and found out that its has to do with ethanol & gaaoline in the same fuel compartment but dunno whether it's a must to be a mixture of both or you can use either of the fuels (ethanol/gasoline)

Oga lomomike and co I'll love to hear your opinions on the pros & cons of this ride...thanx.

You use either of them is available @ d moment

You use either of them that is available @ d moment

dumo1:
You use either of them that is available @ d moment

You mean if na ethanol alone dey I fit use am ba?

drlawizle:


You mean if na ethanol alone dey I fit use am ba?

My site truck accepts 85% ethanol or gasoline. However, I use gasoline. It would be nice if ethanol is produced in large quantities for motor vehicles so as to reduce dependence on petrol.

lomomike:


My site truck accepts 85% ethanol or gasoline. However, I use gasoline. It would be nice if ethanol is produced in large quantities for motor vehicles so as to reduce dependence on petrol.

Will 85% ethanol alone be enough to power the engine as 100% gasoline? If so make I go open beer parlour business oh...lols

drlawizle:


Will 85% ethanol alone be enough to power the engine as 100% gasoline? If so make I go open beer parlour business oh...lols

The ethanol specification in my truck is E85, meaning 85% ethanol, 15% petrol as the tolerable mix. You can buy pre-mixed to any percentage you wish at any percentage so wished. 100% ethanol could damage rubber components which can tolerate petrol. Besides, it could cause catastrophic engine damage due to pre-mature ignition.

lomomike:


The ethanol specification in my truck is E85, meaning 85% ethanol, 15% petrol as the tolerable mix. You can buy pre-mixed to any percentage you wish at any percentage so wished. 100% ethanol could damage rubber components which can tolerate petrol. Besides, it could cause catastrophic engine damage due to pre-mature ignition.

Hmm...where in naija do you get E85 fuels or can one run it on 100% gasoline effectively?

drlawizle:


Hmm...where in naija do you get E85 fuels or can one run it on 100% gasoline effectively?

100% non premium petrol which i feel don't give out the best in performance in the truck.

lomomike:


100% non premium petrol which i feel don't give out the best in performance in the truck.

Hmm..which one be non premium and premium again cos d ride I'm eyeing is a flexible fuel type oh.

lomomike:


My site truck accepts 85% ethanol or gasoline. However, I use gasoline. It would be nice if ethanol is produced in large quantities for motor vehicles so as to reduce dependence on petrol.

That's exactly what Funsho Kupolokun (spell check) former GMD of NNPC wanted to achieve during OBJ's regime when he brought E10 project in Nigeria. But Nigeria being what it is, politics here and there it was a failed project.

lonelydora:


That's exactly what Funsho Kupolokun (spell check) former GMD of NNPC wanted to achieve during OBJ's regime when he brought E10 project in Nigeria. But Nigeria being what it is, politics here and there it was a failed project.

that is a man who had vision and foresight unlike his successors who are bunch of hippies only thinking of sucking the nation dry but adding nothing in return.