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- FL
- Vehicle Year
- 2000
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- 3.0
- Transmission
- Manual
Is there anything that was compromised in the adapting of the 3.0 to make it flex fuel compatible, or is it all sensor input and ecu tweaking?
Is it normal for a flex fuel engine to expierience mild detonation on regular gas and smooth running on higher percentage ethanol, or is this a question of sensors dying a slow death (ten years 72000 miles)?
Tried cleaing out the engine following the ford tsb to decarbon upper engines, no smoke no crud came out still had mild detonation. Ran a tank of e85 through no det. smoothest the engine has ever run. On second tank of regular after that and it might be a little better but det. still there under very nice driving. Oh and I do follow the guidelines to run for a period of time at above 3500 to help the engine clean itself.
Is it normal for a flex fuel engine to expierience mild detonation on regular gas and smooth running on higher percentage ethanol, or is this a question of sensors dying a slow death (ten years 72000 miles)?
Tried cleaing out the engine following the ford tsb to decarbon upper engines, no smoke no crud came out still had mild detonation. Ran a tank of e85 through no det. smoothest the engine has ever run. On second tank of regular after that and it might be a little better but det. still there under very nice driving. Oh and I do follow the guidelines to run for a period of time at above 3500 to help the engine clean itself.
