3.0 flex fuel to reg 3.0
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Thank you for contacting Ford Motor Company regarding the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger. As per your request, please see the information below.
Our records indicate that Ford Motor Company manufactured the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger during the years of 1999-2003. The 1999 and 2000 Flex Fuel Ford Ranger was manufactured with an E-85 Sensor called the Flex Fuel Vaporized Sensor, the 2001 to 2003 models were manufactured with an Oxygenated Sensor.
Our records indicate that Ford Motor Company manufactured the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger during the years of 1999-2003. The 1999 and 2000 Flex Fuel Ford Ranger was manufactured with an E-85 Sensor called the Flex Fuel Vaporized Sensor, the 2001 to 2003 models were manufactured with an Oxygenated Sensor.
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I received this from Ford, looks like all Flex Fuel Rangers have E85 sensors:
Thank you for contacting Ford Motor Company regarding the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger. As per your request, please see the information below.
Our records indicate that Ford Motor Company manufactured the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger during the years of 1999-2003. The 1999 and 2000 Flex Fuel Ford Ranger was manufactured with an E-85 Sensor called the Flex Fuel Vaporized Sensor, the 2001 to 2003 models were manufactured with an Oxygenated Sensor.
Thank you for contacting Ford Motor Company regarding the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger. As per your request, please see the information below.
Our records indicate that Ford Motor Company manufactured the Flex Fuel Ford Ranger during the years of 1999-2003. The 1999 and 2000 Flex Fuel Ford Ranger was manufactured with an E-85 Sensor called the Flex Fuel Vaporized Sensor, the 2001 to 2003 models were manufactured with an Oxygenated Sensor.
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What I am getting means that the computer calibrates the E85 content using the O2 sensors, or "Oxygenated Sensors".
Read how chevy does it, and i'm sure ford has followed suit for the 2001+ FFV Ranger:
"Ethanol has less energy per kilogram than gasoline and produces more oxygen in the cylinders as it burns, which means vehicles would have to be recalibrated to operate on E85."
"These vehicles used a fuel sensor in the fuel line that signalled the computer how much ethanol was present in the fuel; the computer would add or subtract the amount of additional fuel required. Now, the Impala flex fuel system can perform this analysis without using any additional sensors.
GM has developed a Virtual Flex Fuel Sensor (V-FFS) software program that calculates the ethanol content in the fuel, instead of using a sensor to measure it. When the fuel level in the tank increases as the vehicle is refueled, the computer recalculates the percentage of ethanol in the fuel and automatically changes the air/fuel ratio. To do this, the computer temporarily stops the operation of other emission systems and monitors the oxygen sensors to determine ethanol content."
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/060322.htm
Read how chevy does it, and i'm sure ford has followed suit for the 2001+ FFV Ranger:
"Ethanol has less energy per kilogram than gasoline and produces more oxygen in the cylinders as it burns, which means vehicles would have to be recalibrated to operate on E85."
"These vehicles used a fuel sensor in the fuel line that signalled the computer how much ethanol was present in the fuel; the computer would add or subtract the amount of additional fuel required. Now, the Impala flex fuel system can perform this analysis without using any additional sensors.
GM has developed a Virtual Flex Fuel Sensor (V-FFS) software program that calculates the ethanol content in the fuel, instead of using a sensor to measure it. When the fuel level in the tank increases as the vehicle is refueled, the computer recalculates the percentage of ethanol in the fuel and automatically changes the air/fuel ratio. To do this, the computer temporarily stops the operation of other emission systems and monitors the oxygen sensors to determine ethanol content."
http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/jk/060322.htm
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Nothing was mentioned about being PCM controlled like you mentioned!
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