2013 Dodge Avenger Owner Manual - Page 379

STARTING AND OPERATING 377 • Some additives used in regular gasoline are not fully compatible with E-85 and may form deposits in your • you do not add less than 5 gallons (19 Liters) when engine. To eliminate driveability issues that may be refueling caused by these deposits, a supplemental gasoline addi• you drive the vehicle immediately after refueling for at tive, such as MOPAR® Injector Cleanup or Techron may least 5 miles (8 km) be used. When you do switch fuel types it is recommended that: Observing these precautions will avoid possible hard Selection Of Engine Oil For Flexible Fuel Vehicles starting and/or significant deterioration in driveability (E-85) And Gasoline Vehicles during warm up. FFV vehicles operated on E-85 require specially formulated engine oils. These special requirements are included NOTE: • Use seasonally adjusted E-85 fuel (ASTM D5798). With in MOPAR® engine oils, and in equivalent oils meeting non-seasonally adjusted E-85 fuel, you may experience Chrysler Specification MS-6395. The manufacturer only hard starting and rough idle following start up even if recommends engine oils that are API Certified and meet the above recommendations are followed, especially the requirements of Material Standard MS-6395. MS-6395 contains additional requirements, developed during exwhen the ambient temperature is below 32°F (0°C). tensive fleet testing, to provide additional protection to Chrysler Group LLC engines. Use MOPAR® or an equivalent oil meeting the specification MS-6395. 5