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Bibio · 04-09-21, 11:53 PM

you have all been running your vehicles on E5 for the past ermm ages... if ethanol was going to do damage to your vehicle it would have done so by now so an extra 5% is not going to suddenly destroy things.

if your that worried about it then use a fuel stabiliser every top up.

its the media and fools that are scaring everyone, its the whole unleaded v leaded scaremongering all over again.

premium unleaded will stay premium but E10 95RON , its super unleaded that might stay E5 98RON. then you have weird ones like V-Power which is 99RON. there is no benefit to using a higher RON rating if your vehicle was not designed to use it. fuel like V-Power on the other hand has a lot of good additives that aid in keeping the combustion area clean, these additives are also partly responsible for raising the octane rating.

there is absolutely no rush to change anything that "might" deteriorate due to the extra 5%E. if your worried then keep an eye on your fuel lines for them turning "mushy" to touch. but as i have said if your worried then use a fuel stabiliser.

04-09-21, 11:53 PM	#9
Bibio Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: here as devil's advocate Posts: 11,540	Re: The dreaded E10 fuel scenario! you have all been running your vehicles on E5 for the past ermm ages... if ethanol was going to do damage to your vehicle it would have done so by now so an extra 5% is not going to suddenly destroy things. if your that worried about it then use a fuel stabiliser every top up. its the media and fools that are scaring everyone, its the whole unleaded v leaded scaremongering all over again. premium unleaded will stay premium but E10 95RON , its super unleaded that might stay E5 98RON. then you have weird ones like V-Power which is 99RON. there is no benefit to using a higher RON rating if your vehicle was not designed to use it. fuel like V-Power on the other hand has a lot of good additives that aid in keeping the combustion area clean, these additives are also partly responsible for raising the octane rating. there is absolutely no rush to change anything that "might" deteriorate due to the extra 5%E. if your worried then keep an eye on your fuel lines for them turning "mushy" to touch. but as i have said if your worried then use a fuel stabiliser.