Great news for drivers of older/ classic cars and small engine owners ..
Ethanol in petrol is hygroscopic (absorbs water) and it is quite an aggressive solvent. UK petrol was e5 (5 per cent ethanol) until a few months ago, but is now overwhelmingly e10 (10 per cent).
Cars over 10 years old may be damaged by this ethanol as the rubbers and plastics in the fuel lines may have not been designed to resist the ethanol. For cars over 20 years old this is a serious issue.
Ethanol also causes havoc in small carburettor engines like lawnmowers, generators - after a few months the fuel goes stale, gums up and blocks the jet.
A customer of mine is a mechanic and he is seeing numerous older cars with fuel line problems caused by e10 right now.
He has told me to buy Esso Synergy Supreme 99 as remarkably this contains zero ethanol !!!!! despite the pumps saying it is e5.
Previously I had bought Aspen pure at £20 for 5 litres for "wintering" my little engines. This Esso is a damn sight cheaper.
"Synergy Fuels | Esso" https://www.esso.co.uk/en-gb/fuels/petrol
Ethanol in petrol is hygroscopic (absorbs water) and it is quite an aggressive solvent. UK petrol was e5 (5 per cent ethanol) until a few months ago, but is now overwhelmingly e10 (10 per cent).
Cars over 10 years old may be damaged by this ethanol as the rubbers and plastics in the fuel lines may have not been designed to resist the ethanol. For cars over 20 years old this is a serious issue.
Ethanol also causes havoc in small carburettor engines like lawnmowers, generators - after a few months the fuel goes stale, gums up and blocks the jet.
A customer of mine is a mechanic and he is seeing numerous older cars with fuel line problems caused by e10 right now.
He has told me to buy Esso Synergy Supreme 99 as remarkably this contains zero ethanol !!!!! despite the pumps saying it is e5.
Previously I had bought Aspen pure at £20 for 5 litres for "wintering" my little engines. This Esso is a damn sight cheaper.
"Synergy Fuels | Esso" https://www.esso.co.uk/en-gb/fuels/petrol