I saw a motorcycle mechanic i know yesterday and he told me how bad this stuff is in fuel, the lack of power it produces and how it attracts water to it and heres the astonishing bit, it rots more or less everything it comes in contact with and they are now putting it in super unleaded. He showed me some carbs it has destroyed and some tanks it has rotted and said anything over 15 years old is not designed for this menace, this now explains why my mates Ducati which was left for a period had to have a new tank as it had rotted through and the bike was only 5 years old and was a 2011! I have since read up on ethanol and it really is not good news for older vehicles and can cause all sorts of serious problems and they are now increasing the amounts they are putting in which America are already doing, remember the yanks were using unleaded a good decade before us so you can see where this is going
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Restored a few high end triumphs (road car) fitting triple Weber carbs and rubber fuel hose with steel overbraid. All brand new builds..... two three years later the customer was getting his car out for summer and pissing fuel out through the steel braid. Rotted fuel hose.
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Just changed all the fuels lines lines on a Cosworth recce car for same issues.
Have heard of stories with old 80s motorbikes with the plastic /grp type tanks having issues with them too.
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Originally posted by markie t View Postthey are now increasing the amounts they are putting in which America are already doing, remember the yanks were using unleaded a good decade before us so you can see where this is going
Another funny stuff that i saw running around the world is that the RON we are use to have in Europe are not the same at all,
at least in italy, like in europe as well, we are running with 95ron and then 98/100ron
in Egypt and as well in China i saw fuel station with 89ron or 91ron and still saw car like subaru, which from the factory they suggest running with 98ron.
just wondering if there are different coding on type of fuel
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Originally posted by Santu View Post
yes, actually in america you can easily find E85, but i guess the most advanced in this is Brazil.
Another funny stuff that i saw running around the world is that the RON we are use to have in Europe are not the same at all,
at least in italy, like in europe as well, we are running with 95ron and then 98/100ron
in Egypt and as well in China i saw fuel station with 89ron or 91ron and still saw car like subaru, which from the factory they suggest running with 98ron.
just wondering if there are different coding on type of fuel
Basicly
USA (AKI/PON) --- Europe (RON)
87 = 91
89 = 93
91 = 95
93 = 98
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Originally posted by twin turbo View Post
Diffrent yes, its same fuel, but graded with diffrent metode so Are you sure IT was RON?
Basicly
USA (AKI/PON) --- Europe (RON)
87 = 91
89 = 93
91 = 95
93 = 98
in Philippines for sure they use the european grades, normally i always make fuel with Petron Blaze100.
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The US uses the (R+M/)2 method also called the anti-knock index (AKI) Basically, it is the average of two measurements one of which is RON. This results in a lower octane rating for the gasoline than you find in the UK for the same stuff.
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