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E10 Clarified- but good news ahead...


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Hi All

Not sure if posted anywhere else, but I have received an update from the FBHVC on the introduction of E10 in September 2021. However, there is good news ahead for the Historic vehicle community in that a ‘Protection’ grade containing no ethanol will be made available across the country.  Link below..

https://fbhvc.co.uk/news/article/fbhvc-clarifies-the-introduction-of-e10-petrol-for-historic-vehicle-owners

Kevin

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It’ll certainly be true that the more the mainstream fuel evolves away,  the more specialist historic vehicle fuels will rise, but at least we can still run them into the foreseeable future.
 

Next project for the FBHVC is to agree an affordable pricing structure for it.

Kevin

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Hi Hamish,

our cars will run much the same with the E5 or E10. I understand there re components that will need to be looked at or changed.

This is cost. But when specialist fuels are introduced the costs go up disproportionately. As mention, look what happened to 4* Very few outlets and an Arm and a Leg

 

Roger

 

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that’s even better then Roger,  as it comes to a personal choice at the pumps. 
 

so long as there is an option for nil or low E for those that want/need it.

others may have already have changed their cars over time for other reasons to not need to worry eg new fuel pumps and carbs ( webers) ??

 

what are the parts that fail with too much E content ? (Apart from fuel tank rust due to hygroscopic nature of the E) and the odd older fuel line ?

is it more of an issue on injection cars ?

 

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At the moment these are not 'special' fuels. Shell, Esso and others already supply 99 octane fuel which meets the criterion, so nothing should change at least for the near future.  Perhaps we may see the price of these escalate in due course but considering the low mileage most of us cover in our 'classics' it surely isn't going to be a major factor until lack of demand makes continued supply uneconomic for the makers. 

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20 minutes ago, RogerH said:

Hi Hamish,

the Ethanol attacks solder in joints (Carb float chamber float) and also the brass alloy itself I believe.

Aluminium and its alloys gets upset.

 

Roger

Thanks Roger. Didn’t realise so many metals affected. 

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When I asked shell a few years ago I was told that V Power was not ethanol free, but they wouldn't say how much it contained, just that it was "up to 5%" to ensure that their overall % of fuel sold was within the governments requirements.

Malcolm

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1 hour ago, DaveN said:

There’s a garage not too far from me that sells 5* leaded petrol!

But at what price?

Stuart.

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