Thread: Petrol...

I'm sure I've heard of co-ops in the country doing this kind of thing. Seems like a good idea to me.

I don't like to keep petrol any longer than 6 weeks. apparently it's good for at least 8, but I'm finnickey about these things...

Cheers,

Bryan

I know there was the big scare in the media last year about ethanol in fuel :roll: , but in California they use 80% Methanol 20% ULP as a <span style="color:green">"Green Fuel" </span>and most car makers there say their vehicles will run on it 8O [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img] .

I reckon a Co-Op that buys bulk Methanol from CSR and mixes it's own fuel. Otherwise find a few thousand acres with fast growing weeds / noxious shrubs, and slash them every 6 weeks, gather and distill.

Methanol burns with an invisible flame, but when mixed with "dirty" ULP it will create a visible flame [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif[/img] . With so much alcohol in your tank, you won't have to worry about water condensation!!!

I believe you'd end up using more fuel, but at a lower cost. What's more - you will have a<span style="color:green"> GREEN MACHINE </span>

Another thing is it's illegal 8O to store large quantities of petrol unless under ground i don't know max allowed but diesel is allowed under 1000ltr above ground, still a good idea aspecially for 4x4 clubs. [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

Are you sure qantas go through more fuel than your V8 :roll: [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/laugh.gif[/img]

Baz.

I know my neighbour buys 200 litres of petrol and stores it in his shed, uses it for his boat over summer.... stores in 20lt containers. The boat drinks petrol, 2x 175 mercury engines on the back !!! And a nice big F350 to tow it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Imagine a AULRO fuel co-op [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Matt.

Originally posted by matbor
I know my neighbour buys 200 litres of petrol and stores it in his shed, uses it for his boat over summer.... stores in 20lt containers. The boat drinks petrol, 2x 175 mercury engines on the back !!! And a nice big F350 to tow it [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Imagine a AULRO fuel co-op [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img]

Matt.

there goes his house insurance, unless he has a special policy [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

One website I use to scan for the cheap diesel is this one.

http://motormouth.com.au/

Quite a difference out there if your in the mood for not getting ripped off.

As an example...Sydney City region unleaded.

Cheapest 97.5 (tells you where it is)
Dearest 113 !!! 8O

Just register and search in your local area.

I actually had a batch of fuel go off a week after I put it in the tank. Even after mixing it (40l), with another 40l of premium unleaded I still had problems with it. Until I used the entire 80 litres I couldn't let the car sit for more than 24hrs or I'd have trouble starting, and once started it would run rough till I could get it revving freely. This is the first and only problem I've had with bad fuel.