Eco friendly unleaded petrol

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Sat 5 Nov 2011 12:40
Eco friendly unleaded petrol - Doc

From Auto Express:

At least one million motorists could be forced to buy premium fuel from next year – paying an average 8p per litre more at the pumps – as the Government prepares to increase biofuel content in regular unleaded.

Petrol currently contains up to five per cent ethanol, which most cars can safely use. But this is likely to be replaced next year by an E10 version with ten per cent ethanol – a blend the Department for Transport (DoT) says is not suitable for most pre-1993 cars, plus many newer models, too. A DoT statement said the use of E10 shouldn’t affect the operation of modern cars “with the exception of direct-injection vehicles”. However, it added: “Older, carburetted cars are unlikely to be compatible with ethanol in excess of five per cent.” BP and Tesco have already confirmed that affected owners would be restricted to super unleaded. DoT figures show there were more than 700,000 vehicles on the road last year with 1993 or older registration marks.



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Sat 5 Nov 2011 12:47
Eco friendly unleaded petrol - bathtub tom

I've an old carbed car. I noticed it would appear to suffer from fuel vaporisation problems if sat in a jam for some time. These seem to disappear if I use super.

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Sat 5 Nov 2011 12:52
Eco friendly unleaded petrol - gordonbennet

Millers do some form of octane booster for petrol fuel (as well as their well know Diesel additives), does it work, would it bought in reasonable quantities be more cost effective in place of the pure malt?

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Sat 5 Nov 2011 13:23
Eco friendly unleaded petrol - SlidingPillar

Article is mis-informed on one point. Ethanol is a cheap way of increasing the octane rating, so it is likely that 'Super' unleaded will be E10 as well.

There is a lot of hype about the problems, although they are still there. Federation of British Historic Vehicle Clubs are working on tests of additives to address some issues and have written sensible - not exagerated, stuff in their newletters (including the latest).
fbhvc.co.uk/

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