Slight out of date but don’t use E10 PETROL, especially on newer cars

born_again

SueD_4 said:

We have a garage the repairs and MOT’s vehicles and since E10 came out we have had so many customers having issues with their cars, some old but mostly newer cars, they cannot accept this new fuel and it is causing them so many problems.
if you can afford it go for the premium fuel, it might seem a lot more expensive but honestly it will give you better fuel economy and it will save you a fortune in the long run and irrelevant of what people say please please do not run your tank to empty, it picks up all the crap in the bottom of your tank.

So explain how Europe & many other countries around the world have been using E10 with no problems?
If it was a issue then the US courts would be full of cases of people suing petrol companies & car manufactures for damage.
I thought that tanks had a filter & a inline filter to stop rubbish getting through. Which would only be a issue if it failed & it was a older car with a rusted tank.. Not what you would expect in a new car.
Certainly M/bikes do..

So within 6 months of the UK using E10 you are seeing problems, but what problems?

Admiral_Barbarossa

Where has all the four star gone?

northwalesd

coffeehound said:

Has anyone suffered any problems from running the tank down to min?  Isn't that what the filter is for?

I've run all my cars (driving since mid-80s) down to empty with no issues. They were/are all run of the mill, nothing exotic.

chrisw

The_Fat_Controller said:

@coffeehound, fine in theory, the filter will stop most of the rubbish getting to your engine but it will get clogged itself and need replacing.

Why chance it ?

I've never really understood the logic in why running the fuel level low is more likely to suck up dirt. 

Surely the dirt is in there already and the fuel is drawn up from the bottom of the tank anyway so why would having an inch of fuel in the bottom be any different to half a tank? The pump inlet doesn't drop any lower as the fuel level drops. 

Mutton_Geoff

I've never understood the argument that running your tank low introduces sediment to the supply. The take off for the fuel must be at the bottom of the tank else you'd end up with unusable fuel. In any case, the motion of a car even on the smoothest road would surely keep the tank contents nicely mixed?

An old wive's tale from a new poster? As for E10, my fuel filler cap even says E5/E10 on it.

Username03725

For years I've run the fuel down to the light coming on and never seen any issues that match the scare-stories.

tedted

used to happen years ago when tanks where steel now all plastic tanks.

Mutton_Geoff

Username03725 said:

For years I've run the fuel down to the light coming on and never seen any issues that match the scare-stories.

You are lucky to have a light. Driving my old mini in the 1970s, a clue was the fuel pump started clicking when you went uphill as the fuel dried up. A stab on the brakes would slosh enough fuel into the line to get you over the next hill. Once spent a night on a petrol station forecourt I'd coasted into waiting for it to open in the morning. The owner got a surprise seeing a student sleeping in a car when he arrived. A fivers worth of 4 star got me going again.

victor2

SueD_4 said:

We have a garage the repairs and MOT’s vehicles and since E10 came out we have had so many customers having issues with their cars, some old but mostly newer cars, they cannot accept this new fuel and it is causing them so many problems.
if you can afford it go for the premium fuel, it might seem a lot more expensive but honestly it will give you better fuel economy and it will save you a fortune in the long run and irrelevant of what people say please please do not run your tank to empty, it picks up all the crap in the bottom of your tank.

Good line for the garage to try on unsuspecting customers. Helps justify the cost of the maintenance and replacement parts they've had to fit to make the car MOT fit.

Mutton_Geoff

SueD_4 said:

We have a garage the repairs and MOT’s vehicles and since E10 came out we have had so many customers having issues with their cars, some old but mostly newer cars, they cannot accept this new fuel and it is causing them so many problems.
if you can afford it go for the premium fuel, it might seem a lot more expensive but honestly it will give you better fuel economy and it will save you a fortune in the long run and irrelevant of what people say please please do not run your tank to empty, it picks up all the crap in the bottom of your tank.

And don't expect the OP to be back anytime soon. It took them almost 17 years from registering to making their first post