Thread: E10

Originally Posted by Rob3

There is quite a bit on Google NSW and Qld about which cars will be compatible etc.
I cant find any more about a cutoff date tho.
We will just have to wait and see.
Old diesel prices will skyrocket.
I wish I could trade in and afford one.
Any one friendly with garage owners who might have info ?

I think you are looking at the information that related to the introduction of the E10 grade of fuel 10 years or so ago.

Originally Posted by Homestar

Got a link to the article by any chance? I think NSW already use E10 for all ULP sold there - (it's what I've heard and happy to stand corrected). From what I understand, it's older rubber fuel lines, etc that suffer from E10, but not 100% sure.

Nope, can still get e10, 91, 95, and 98. We use all of the above in our patrol.

Originally Posted by incisor

anything other than std 91ron is full of crap additives

try running it in a dual fuel stove and you'll soon see what i mean

it gums them up rather quickly

What do you mean inc.? We use mainly 98 in our patrol as it runs ever so slightly better than 91, not much noticeable difference between e10, 95 and 98 though

Originally Posted by incisor

anything other than std 91ron is full of crap additives

try running it in a dual fuel stove and you'll soon see what i mean

it gums them up rather quickly

As all pump petrol has some additives ideally you need Shellite for a dual fuel stove, Bunnings stock it.

I had a Coleman twin burner clog up very quickly on unleaded many years back. Replaced the burner tube and switched to Shellite and no problems since.

As far as I can tell, Shellite is pure petrol with no additives and is a trademark of Shell Australia.

Colin

Been running 91ron in mine for years without issue

The original paperwork specified 91ron if you use petroleum and I stuck with it

Used 95ron in it once as thats all I could get and it lasted an hour and clogged

Cleaned it and ran shellite through it for a while and went back to 91ron as I nearly always had it on board anyway

Originally Posted by Vern

What do you mean inc.? We use mainly 98 in our patrol as it runs ever so slightly better than 91, not much noticeable difference between e10, 95 and 98 though

I've had the same half tank of 91 in my pos for 3 years.

Switched it over from gas the other day and it ran fine, plenty of poke.

Only did it to make sure the fuel pump and its circuit was still working.

DL

Originally Posted by Rob3

I am looking for the thread that I read yesterday.
It did say that with a 60 litre tank it would cost $7 more to fill up with E5.
There were go to's to check what cars will be compatible with E10
but both of mine are old so I did not check it out.
91 Disco 3.5, 2000 Falcon AU11 six cyl.

Any vehicle with an aluminium cylinder head should be able to run on E10 without any valve seat problems. As already said any rubber & soldered joints in fuel system will give problems . My BF Falcon ute runs better on E10 than unleaded & I have not noticed any difference in fuel usage.

Originally Posted by Vern

What do you mean inc.? We use mainly 98 in our patrol as it runs ever so slightly better than 91, not much noticeable difference between e10, 95 and 98 though

Was talking about a dual fuel stove