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midden

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Separating ethonol seems another panic
« on: 10 October 2021, 01:36:37 pm »


Just watched this clip as a matter of interest and the possibilty of reusing the ethonol to reduce financial  waste.


When it came to siphoning off and then adding fuel boosters I got to wondering if the people who are likely to go to all this effort  were previously accepting of E5 in their lawnmowers and the extra 5% has caused a panic or whether they previously always always bought super unleaded which I presume co trained no ethonol.

Either way  factoring the 10% loss of fuel in with the cost of fuel booster would it not be more economical to siphon or stick with the now super unleaded E5.

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Re: Separating ethonol seems another panic
« Reply #1 on: 10 October 2021, 05:12:26 pm »
I'm just wondering how many people are going to manage to go out in a blaze of glory when a stray spark sets the whole lot aflame... :(

(PS I've just ridden over 200 miles on a tank of E10 in my FZ6 without a problem :thumbup )

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Re: Separating ethonol seems another panic
« Reply #2 on: 11 October 2021, 10:39:49 am »
I'm just wondering how many people are going to manage to go out in a blaze of glory when a stray spark sets the whole lot aflame... :(

(PS I've just ridden over 200 miles on a tank of E10 in my FZ6 without a problem :thumbup )


Me also :)

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Re: Separating ethonol seems another panic
« Reply #3 on: 19 October 2021, 11:13:04 pm »


Just watched this clip as a matter of interest and the possibilty of reusing the ethonol to reduce financial  waste.


When it came to siphoning off and then adding fuel boosters I got to wondering if the people who are likely to go to all this effort  were previously accepting of E5 in their lawnmowers and the extra 5% has caused a panic or whether they previously always always bought super unleaded which I presume co trained no ethonol.

Either way  factoring the 10% loss of fuel in with the cost of fuel booster would it not be more economical to siphon or stick with the now super unleaded E5.

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Depending where you live use esso super unleaded as its ethanol free or go for any other super as it’s still max 5% and a lot will be much less as it’s not mandated by law to contain any ethanol at all

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Re: Separating ethonol seems another panic
« Reply #4 on: 20 October 2021, 02:30:07 pm »
I'm just wondering how many people are going to manage to go out in a blaze of glory when a stray spark sets the whole lot aflame... :(

(PS I've just ridden over 200 miles on a tank of E10 in my FZ6 without a problem :thumbup )
But your bike is injected so there won't be any problem using E10 other than poorer consumption possibly. Older carbed bikes I think, need to be wary, or maybe mindful of the fact that when/if petrol starts leaking from the carbs, they'll have a fair idea of what has caused it.