Thread: E10?

Originally Posted by Eevo

cause ita a low performance engine. you couldn't tell the different anyway.
electric chainsaws are awesome

No it's not, it's from their latest very efficient Skyactive range - goes really well and uses 5 l/100ks on the highway, all on E10.

Originally Posted by trout1105

I just come back from a 4 month trip to King Ash Bay in the gulf and I saw hundreds of different types and sizes of boats there and I would guess that at least 90% of them had 4 stroke outboards on the back of them.
However most of the smaller tinnies had a 2 stroke on the back, Most likely because they are a lighter motor.
My old 12 foot tinny has got a 8-10 year old Evinrude 15hp 2 stroke on it and it still goes like a rocket and my 5.4m Trailcraft has a Suzuki 115hp 4 stroke fitted.
I refuse to use E10 in either engine .

Agree
I have still got a 18hp tohatsu on my 12 foot tinnie. I once drove past a servo out in a country town because they only had e10, well bugger me I run out of fuel about 1km from the next town. Lotta tears ago, don't think I would be so stubbing now

Hi again folks and for a mechanically challenged person like me, two VERY interesting threads.


So here is a more detailed reason for my original question.


During my first summer in my ( 18 years ago ) new Gold Coast home, I quickly found I had no hope of mowing the large and very steep block so I bought the John Deere ride-on.


This took care of the grass but I still needed to do the edges and such.


After a couple of years I decided to get someone in to do the lot.


The ride-on then sat unused for a few years until my father-in-law, because of his age, found it was getting harder to use his push mower, so on a trip over to his place in north west NSW, I took the ride-on over to him.


He passed away a short while back and the mower has just been returned.


Thanks to his maintain acne of the ride-on, it is in a better condition then when I took it to him, so I want to keep it in good nick, and hence why I asked about using 98 petrol.


In addition to this, as I posted in the other thread, I have always fuel all my other gear with 98.


The JD has a Briggs and Stratton motor and I like being able to carry one type of fuel for all my gear, including my Tiguan.


This simplifies what is needed to cover critical weather situations.


I actually have some questions about how to be prepared for critical weather situations but I will start a seperate thread for that.


Thanks for all the info.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Following on from Tims post on his John Deere,,
John Deere ride-on, what petrol to use?


why do Outboard manufacturers say no to E10?

Because unlike cars you cant pull over and call road side assist or walk home. you don't want if eating your fuel lines out on the water far from home. my tank lines are synthetic

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

No it's not, it's from their latest very efficient Skyactive range - goes really well and uses 5 l/100ks on the highway, all on E10.

all 85kw?

Plenty for the size and weight, with an excellent six speed auto.

Originally Posted by Eevo

cause ita a low performance engine. you couldn't tell the different anyway.
electric chainsaws are awesome

Our patrol runs on e10 too, can't tell the difference between e10 and 98, and it's no slouch, 400hp 5.6L v8.

Fyi: E10 has about 3% less power than straight petrol. 90kj for ethanol; 120kj for petrol. 10% ethanol works out to about 3% reduction.