Dont use E10 in bike = death

wtf is E10 fuel?

 

I believe its 10% ethanol fuel that theyre bringing into widespread circulation ... because of the ridiculous fuel prices

simon

 

there is a 'united' on my way to work which sells this. It is usually about 10 cents cheaper per litre and they advertise it as "unleaded plus". When I first saw this I thought it was somewhere between regular unleaded and super unleaded (as other places use 'plus' to describe higher octane ratings). But then I read the info they had on it and discovered it is the ethanol laced fuel.

 

This same issue has been around for quiet awhile. But the previous issue was that service stations were putting it in there fuel because it was cheaper than the petrol so they were increasing there margins. Government regulations allow for ethanol to be added to petrol not exceeding 10% volume.

Then the general public found this out and refused to buy the petrol. To combat this refusal to buy from these service stations you could find signs that said "100% Fuel". But the petrol still had ethanol in it because by diffinition it is still fuel and not false advertising.

This is just now another attempt to bring out ethanol laced petrol in the attempt to increase profits by first selling it as a cheaper alternative.

Of course this is only my opinion and any proof against I am certainly open to.

 

How can you know if the unleaded you're putting in is E10???

 

well they won't tell you if it DOES have ethanol in it - but they certainly will tell you if it DOESN'T. Check when you fill up - a lot of pumps have a "no ethanol" sticker on them around melbourne.

 

if you fill up from a reliable (i.e. bp, mobil, etc.) place then they will usually have those stickers and also other info about their fuels available. For me, I tend to avoid smaller petrol stations whenever possible as you just never know what they will give you.

 

As Spook said you need to look for the sticker with "No ethanol". But beware of the sticker that says "100% Fuel". As I mentioned before E10 fuel is still a fuel and therefore 100% fuel. It is a bit of ploy to still get you to buy there petrol.

And as Boz said if you stick to the main servos then you will be fine.

 

Im all for ethanol. Tune you bike to suit.

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I have found an interesting website on fuel. It talks about octane ratings and specific energy and mentions methanol and ethanol.

http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mcnuts/rt-fuel1.html


DAVE

 

it sounds like we should just get any fuel we want and stick with it. all properties seem to be good and bad for the engine, good and bad for the power and good and bad for the fuel econemy of it. <!-- s:???: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_confused.gif" alt=":???:" title="Confused" /><!-- s:???: --> <!-- s:-? --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_Eyecrazy.gif" alt=":-?" title="Eye Crazy" /><!-- s:-? -->

 

yeah well as i've said before, i've never noticed ANY difference in my bike's running whether i use standard unleaded or "premium" stuff. So i just put the cheaper unleaded in. Only thing i steer clear of is shell optimax because its a denser fuel designed to run only in fuel injected engines (read: new cars) and burn at a very lean mixture, which helps in cars fuel economy. Fine if you have a new beemer, but its just gonna do bad things to a little old 2kr motor like mine.