The Flex-Fuel vehicles sold in Brazil are shipped with a small second gas tank designed to contain gasoline. The winters in Brazil get cold enough to cause starting problems when running ethanol. The car's electronics automate the gasoline purge on shutdown.
-Dave Walton 94S350, 99E300 On 5/10/06, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I agree with the last post. Sounds pretty reasonable to me. As for the E85, I think it would take way too much unless it's sold as a flex-fuel vehicle. As for the flushing, my main hesitation would be "how old is it?" I wouldn't bother with a flush before about 60-100K miles (depending on how "safe" you want to be). But yes, I've had several flushes done. It depends on how bad your fluid is and how much your system holds as to how much they use. I've seen quite a few gallons go through some of my dirtier vehicles that I let go for more than 100K miles between changes. The machines I've seen you can watch the fluid go through to see when you start getting "clean" fluid coming out. The only thing I've noticed lately to be careful of is that some of the quick-change places aren't changing filters anymore, and that's inexcusable to me... And yeah, the manual could definitely be listing only an amount for not changing out the torque converter, etc... (not say it IS, but definitely possible)... Levi (: On 5/10/06, Zoltan Finks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm taking the wife's Honda CRV into the dealer for an oil change (we got > several free oil changes as part of the deal of purchasing vehicle). And > I'm > going to ask them what it would take to make the vehicle capable of > running > E-85. > > I'm going to run something past y'all that they told me last time. They > changed the trannie fluid, and I noticed on the invoice that it took like > 12 > quarts or so (maybe more, I forget) - a lot more than I thought it should. > > Their explanation is that they always flush the trannie when changing > fluid, > and they actually use fresh trannie fluid to do the flushing. I really > question this, as it seems very wasteful. In addition, he told me the > capacity on the thing was more than the manual says, explaning that it's > because the manual quotes capacity for simply changing the fluid without > completely emptying it (torque converter, etc.). > > Sound fishy? Or not? > > Brian > 83 240D > 2000 Honda CRV > _______________________________________ > http://www.striplin.net > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > _______________________________________ http://www.striplin.net For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
