E10 petrol

AdrianC

oldagetraveller1 said:

And for anyone concerned, just remove the Ethanol completely. A small amount of effort required, but it is easy and effective.

...then look surprised when you've effectively paid 11% more for your petrol, for no tangible benefit bar assuaging paranoia.

daveyjp

Messing about with petrol to remove ethanol isn't a good  idea.

If you don't want E10 buy supermarket superunleaded.

NBLondon

AdrianC said:

oldagetraveller1 said:

And for anyone concerned, just remove the Ethanol completely. A small amount of effort required, but it is easy and effective.

...then look surprised when you've effectively paid 11% more for your petrol, for no tangible benefit bar assuaging paranoia.

Depends if you can use the ethanol afterwards for other purposes...  maybe not in cocktails 

AdrianC

daveyjp said:

Messing about with petrol to remove ethanol isn't a good  idea.

If you don't want E10 buy supermarket superunleaded.

I rather suspect there's a hefty crossover between the ethanol paranoiacs and the supermarket petrol paranoiacs.

aardvaak

peter_the_piper said:

It may damage the fuel pipe in your petrolmower/strimmer/chain saw.

If it does damage fuel pipes etc on petrolmower/strimmer/chain saw how can I sort this so it does not happen?

daveyjp

Drain the fuel and run the carb dry before storing.

AdrianC

aardvaak said:

peter_the_piper said:

It may damage the fuel pipe in your petrolmower/strimmer/chain saw.

If it does damage fuel pipes etc on petrolmower/strimmer/chain saw how can I sort this so it does not happen?

Replace the ancient fuel pipe with new.

photome

AdrianC said:

peter_the_piper said:

It may damage the fuel pipe in your petrolmower/strimmer/chain saw.

Not unless it's ancient or a bit cheap and nasty. Anything made in the last decade by anybody reputable should be just fine.

https://blog.stihl.co.uk/how-will-e10-petrol-affect-your-stihl-chainsaw/

What about my 23 year old mower with a Briggs an Stratton engine that is still working perfectly ( I have just stocked up with 10 litres of E5)

photome

AdrianC said:

It's not a great plan to leave even our current E5 in your garden tools over the winter, anyway. It's always been strongly recommended to let them run out on the last use of autumn.

I have never done that in the 23 years I have had a petrol mower, never had a problem

AdrianC

photome said:

AdrianC said:

peter_the_piper said:

It may damage the fuel pipe in your petrolmower/strimmer/chain saw.

Not unless it's ancient or a bit cheap and nasty. Anything made in the last decade by anybody reputable should be just fine.

https://blog.stihl.co.uk/how-will-e10-petrol-affect-your-stihl-chainsaw/

What about my 23 year old mower with a Briggs an Stratton engine that is still working perfectly ( I have just stocked up with 10 litres of E5)

Since Briggs and Stratton are an American firm, and the US has had E10 as their default fuel for many years...

https://www.briggsandstratton.com/eu/en_gb/support/faqs/browse/fuel-recommendations.html