Question about gas

[goodnigh]

Using a friend's car while they are on a cruise.

Some kind of Ford hybrid, a Fusion I think.

This is a quiet Sunnyvale neighborhood and the

Mustang would be very loud at 0300.

Question being what grade gas to use, have no

clue.

mike

 

[midlife]

Using a friend's car while they are on a cruise.

Some kind of Ford hybrid, a Fusion I think.

This is a quiet Sunnyvale neighborhood and the

Mustang would be very loud at 0300.

Question being what grade gas to use, have no

clue.

mike

I would think standard octane (87).  If it requires higher octane, it should say so on the inside of the gas access cover.

 

[goodnigh]

Using a friend's car while they are on a cruise.

Some kind of Ford hybrid, a Fusion I think.

This is a quiet Sunnyvale neighborhood and the

Mustang would be very loud at 0300.

Question being what grade gas to use, have no

clue.

mike

I would think standard octane (87).  If it requires higher octane, it should say so on the inside of the gas access cover.

Just says gasoline/E10.

My only issue is there is no dashboard, just a couple

computer screens.

mike

 

[73pony]

The E10 refers to ethanol % it is OK to run up to 10% ethanol. NOT E85!!!!

Regular cheap old 87 octane with or without 10% ethanol is just fine.

 

[73pony]

And yes why do they think people want to look at a computer screen while in the car. I do enough of that at work.

 

[goodnigh]

And yes why do they think people want to look at a computer screen while in the car. I do enough of that at work.

We are analog creatures.  Even the anesthesia machines at work offer the doctor a

choice between an analog or digital display.  You can choose a bar graph or dial display.

mike

 

[midlife]

And yes why do they think people want to look at a computer screen while in the car. I do enough of that at work.

Video screens provide YouTube Cat Videos or porn, most likely.  The second best not done at work...

 

[Don C]

We are analog creatures.  Even the anesthesia machines at work offer the doctor a

choice between an analog or digital display.  You can choose a bar graph or dial display.

mike

I agree, I have two old engine analysers, one an old analog (a KnightKit I built in the early 60s), the other a 20 year newer digital. The analog is easier to interpret, takes less thought and time to adjust RPM, dwell, or read voltage, current, etc. For newer vehicles I use the scanner software dashboard set for analog, also, just digital when I want an absolute value.

 

[goodnigh]

We are analog creatures.  Even the anesthesia machines at work offer the doctor a

choice between an analog or digital display.  You can choose a bar graph or dial display.

mike

I agree, I have two old engine analysers, one an old analog (a KnightKit I built in the early 60s), the other a 20 year newer digital. The analog is easier to interpret, takes less thought and time to adjust RPM, dwell, or read voltage, current, etc. For newer vehicles I use the scanner software dashboard set for analog, also, just digital when I want an absolute value.

That is why vinyl sounds better.

mike

 

[jowens1126]

SOrry to hijack, but I also have a question about gas. Do I need to run Ethanol free gas? I have no problem if Its better on the parts. I just dont know what has been done to this car since im just getting it.

 

[midlife]

If you have access to ethanol-free gas, go for it, but be prepared to spent about $0.60 more per gallon. Even E10 does damage to various rubbers that fuel does come in contact with, particularly fuel lines, gaskets in carbs, etc. E10 is also hydroscopic, in that it absorbs moisture very well, but it does not mix with the gas; instead, it sits in the bottom of the fuel and if your fuel level gets low enough, you'll be trying to run on water.

 

[jowens1126]

Its not that much more here and readily available. I think reg unleaded is 2.04 and ETO free is about 2.40. Not too bad