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fill up at busy gas st ations where the season al
adjustment
is more likely to be made in time .
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Note
- Fuels con taining a high pe rcentage of etha-
no l such as ESQ and EBS may only be used in
vehicles with flexible fuel engines. Using
high ethanol fuel in veh icles not equ ipped
with flexib le fue l engines can cause severe
engine damage.
- Methanol fuels which do not meet these re-
quirements may cause corros ion and dam-
age to plast ic and rubber components in the
fuel system.
- Do not use fuels that fail to meet the spec i-
fied criter ia in this chapter.
- If you are unable to determine whether or
not a particular fuel blend meets the spec i-
fications, ask your service station o r its fuel
supplier.
- Do not use fue l for wh ich the contents can-
not be identif ied.
- Fuel system damage and performance prob-
lems resulting from the use of fuels differ-
ent from t hose specif ied a re not the respon-
s ibility of Audi and are not covered under
t he New Vehicle or the Emiss ion Control
System Wa rra nt ies.
- If you experience a loss of fue l economy o r
driveability and pe rform ance prob le m s du e
to t he use of one of t hese fu el blends we
,
recommend that you switch to unblended
fuel.
Ethanol fuel (Bio-ethanol)
Applies to: vehicles with flex ible fuel engine
You can recognize vehicles with a flexible fuel
engine by looking at the label on the inside of
the fuel filler flap.
Vehicles w ith flex ible fuel engines may be oper-
ated w ith b io-et hanol fuels such as EBS (85%
ethano l and 15% gasoline) or with un leaded gas-
oline (91 AKI/ROZ 95) . The ve hicle may a lso be
co
operated with a mixture of these fuels.
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Fuel and Re fueling
Your fuel consumpt ion will increase when using
bio-ethano l fue ls due to the lower amount of en-
ergy conta ined per un it vol ume in ethanol.
Warming up the flexible fuel engine in low
temperature s
Due to the chemica l composition of bio-ethanol,
a certa in amount of fue l ends up in the engine oil
when driving short distances in very low temper-
atures. This fuel evaporates again when the en-
gine is warmed up.
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Please warm up engine.
If t he drive r message appears in the instr ume nt
cluster disp lay, drive with a warm engine to re -
duce the oil leve l.
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Note
- Never fill wit h metha no l or with a higher
percentage of b io-ethanol than 85% (E85).
A highe r percentage of bio-ethanol in the
fuel can cause damage to the engine or to
the fuel system.
- If you use on ly E85, it is recommende d to
fill the fue l tank complete ly w ith unleaded
premium g rade gasoline every 5,000 mi les.
- If you expe rience starting, rough id le or hes -
itat ion d riveab ility prob lems, f ill the fuel
tank complete ly w ith unleaded premium
grade gaso line and drive it norma lly until
t he gaso line is used. See your author ized
Audi dea ler if the problem persists.
- Inform your author ized Audi dealer that you
are ope rating or have operate d the vehicle
w ith EBS.
- Read and follow the informat ion and tips
abou t gasoli ne
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page 188.
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Tips
It
may take longer to start the engine when
the outs ide temperat ure is very cold. If possi-
ble, use w inte rized fue l if tempe ratures are
below free zing.
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