Maintenance and Specifications
Theamountofusablefuelintheemptyreservevariesandshould
notbereliedupontoincreasedrivingrange.Whenrefuelingyour
vehicleafterthefuelgaugeindicatesempty,youmightnotbe
abletorefuelthefullamountoftheadvertisedcapacityofthe
fueltankduetotheemptyreservestillpresentinthetank.
Forconsistentresultswhenfillingthefueltank:
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Turntheengine/ignitionswitchtotheoffpositionpriortorefueling,
anerrorinthereadingwillresultiftheengineisleftrunning.
Usethesamefillingratesetting(low—medium—high)eachtime
thetankisfilled.
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Allownomorethantwoautomaticclick-offswhenfilling.
Alwaysusefuelwiththerecommendedoctanerating.
Useaknownqualitygasoline,preferablyanationalbrand.
Usethesamesideofthesamepumpandhavethevehiclefacingthe
samedirectioneachtimeyoufillup.
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Havethevehicleloadinganddistributionthesameeverytime.
Yourresultswillbemostaccurateifyourfillingmethodisconsistent.
Calculating fuel economy
1.
Fillthefueltankcompletelyandrecordtheinitialodometerreading
(inmilesorkilometers).
2.
Eachtimeyoufillthetank,recordtheamountoffueladded(in
gallonsorliters).
3.
Afteratleastthreetofivetankfill-ups,fillthefueltankandrecord
thecurrentodometerreading.
4.
Subtractyourinitialodometerreadingfromthecurrentodometer
reading.
5.
Followoneofthesimplecalculationsinordertodeterminefuel
economy:
Calculation1:Dividetotalmilestraveledbytotalgallonsused.
Calculation2:Multiplylitersusedby100,thendividebytotal
kilometerstraveled.
Keeparecordforatleastonemonthandrecordthetypeofdriving(city
orhighway).Thiswillprovideanaccurateestimateofthevehicle’sfuel
economyundercurrentdrivingconditions.Additionally,keepingrecords
duringsummerandwinterwillshowhowtemperatureimpactsfuel
economy.Ingeneral,lowertemperaturesgivelowerfueleconomy.
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2008
Fusion(fsn)
OwnersGuide(post-2002-fmt)
USA(fus)
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