I won an auction on eBay for an F150 factory bifuel. I think I got a fair deal on it, considering what I've seen CNG vehicles doing over the last month. The truck has the standard 12gge tank. Anyway, I fly out to Phoenix in early July to take delivery.
We are planning to make a vacation trip out of the pickup, with a jump over to Disney, Vegas, Grand Canyon, and then back home to Oklahoma. I have some questions that have come to mind.
1. I would assume at some point driving across to Cali, I'm going to run out of CNG and have to make part of the leg on gasoline. When I'm on CNG, will the gas gauge indicate actual tank capacity, or is there another gauge somewhere? Or what is the indication of low fuel? Once it does run out, do I just flip the on dash switch while in motion, or can the switch only be made while the vehicle is off?
2. I would assume that as the PSI in the tank declines, I will reach a point where there isn't sufficient pressure in the tank, before I'm actually out of gas. At what PSI does this occur? Is there a performance degradation at this point? Does this mean that even though I've got 12GGE, I actually don't have 12 gallons range, or is the low pressure taken into account so that 12 GGE is the effective capacity of the tank?
3. Any other pointers, suggestions, or other for a newbie? The guy I'm buying the truck from is just re-selling it, so I don't expect a lot of instructional value added from him.
We are planning to make a vacation trip out of the pickup, with a jump over to Disney, Vegas, Grand Canyon, and then back home to Oklahoma. I have some questions that have come to mind.
1. I would assume at some point driving across to Cali, I'm going to run out of CNG and have to make part of the leg on gasoline. When I'm on CNG, will the gas gauge indicate actual tank capacity, or is there another gauge somewhere? Or what is the indication of low fuel? Once it does run out, do I just flip the on dash switch while in motion, or can the switch only be made while the vehicle is off?
2. I would assume that as the PSI in the tank declines, I will reach a point where there isn't sufficient pressure in the tank, before I'm actually out of gas. At what PSI does this occur? Is there a performance degradation at this point? Does this mean that even though I've got 12GGE, I actually don't have 12 gallons range, or is the low pressure taken into account so that 12 GGE is the effective capacity of the tank?
3. Any other pointers, suggestions, or other for a newbie? The guy I'm buying the truck from is just re-selling it, so I don't expect a lot of instructional value added from him.
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