proposed ethanol content in petrol

[crapichris]

just received my Capri club mag from CCI. They have an article about bio-ethanonl in petrol and the EU to drive to use it to keep all us petrolheads green and kaftan wearers. Apparently the oil companies can currently add 5% to our petrol without any notification and they are talking about bumping it up further to 10%.

The CCI go on to mention possible carburettor icing, injection system problems, performance, hot starting issues, and degradation of rubeer components in the fuel systems such as piping and diagphrams in VV carbs as an example.

Their expert mentioned that most cars up to 1997 won't like using the 5% ethanol and cars up to 2006 won't like the higher 10% content either if the EU get their way. The article goes on to say that hopefully we can still get 'old fuel' but that's what they said about 4 star too!

Scare tactics or facts - any experts out there?

[Vista]

The article goes on to say that hopefully we can still get 'old fuel' but that's what they said about 4 star too!

 

Scare tactics or facts - any experts out there?

 

I'm certainly no fuel expert but there was much scaremongering amongst classic car owners and classic car magazines when leaded petrol was discontinued too. Back then, unleaded petrol was painted as Satans fuel and the death knell was claimed as ringing for classic car engines, valve seat recession was going to be the end of us all.

 

Well bugger me if we aren't all still here 10 to 12 years later with little or no ill effects.

[NeilT]

I could be a good thing more ethanol more bang we ust might need to ajust the timing a little ect

 

plus there are already additives on the market to deal with the higher levels of ethanol in fule

 

http://www.frost.co.uk/ethomix-additive.html

[Fiesta Steve]

Bring it on

[FBF]

4 star is still available last time i checked but more importantly...

 

Where is diddy free land? I want to live there too

[Ken B]

Have a read of this:

http://fbhvc.co.uk/bio-fuels/