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Offline Stirring Moose

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More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« on: 16 January 2011, 11:38 »
Greetings from the Mk.3 section! Been reading a bit recently about proposals to increase the percentage of bio-ethanol in petrol and it's possible effects on older cars. I've just started a thread about it over in Dub-Tug land, here's the link if you want to check it out;

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=178349.0

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Offline SoundillusioN

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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #1 on: 16 January 2011, 17:22 »
Quote from: Stirring Moose on 16 January 2011, 11:38
Greetings from the Mk.3 section! Been reading a bit recently about proposals to increase the percentage of bio-ethanol in petrol and it's possible effects on older cars. I've just started a thread about it over in Dub-Tug land, here's the link if you want to check it out;

http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=178349.0

S.M.

Thanks for the heads up.  :wink:
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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #2 on: 18 January 2011, 21:55 »
No worries. Just posted a bit more news on the linked thread if you feel like a peak.

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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #3 on: 18 January 2011, 22:09 »
Top marks to the AA for their prompt and helpful response.

As for the E10 fuel situ... Slick might have a valid response and it might be nothing to worry about.. then again..  :undecided:

Still... people were very concerned when leaded petrol went out to pasture and most of us have been ok since!
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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #4 on: 18 January 2011, 22:16 »
Quote from: Guy on 18 January 2011, 22:09
Top marks to the AA for their prompt and helpful response.

As for the E10 fuel situ... Slick might have a valid response and it might be nothing to worry about.. then again..  :undecided:

Still... people were very concerned when leaded petrol went out to pasture and most of us have been ok since!

Yeah but mk1 valves like lead in fuel...  :sad:
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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #5 on: 19 January 2011, 10:44 »
no they dont, vws havent needed leaded fuel since the mid 70s or there abouts. mk1s certainly dont need leaded fuel anyway :)
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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #6 on: 19 January 2011, 11:10 »
Quote from: rubjonny on 19 January 2011, 10:44
no they dont, vws havent needed leaded fuel since the mid 70s or there abouts. mk1s certainly dont need leaded fuel anyway :)
  Really, that far back!?....  I know they don't like regular unleaded!  But thats an octane issue.
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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #7 on: 19 January 2011, 11:17 »
yeah the gtis dont like 95ron for the same reason if tuned for super. but you can detune em to run fine on regular, just means less powaaaah
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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #8 on: 19 January 2011, 12:06 »
Quote from: rubjonny on 19 January 2011, 11:17
yeah the gtis dont like 95ron for the same reason if tuned for super. but you can detune em to run fine on regular, just means less powaaaah

I did that to my last GTI to stop it pinking... wasn't long before I put it back to how it was with super though!

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Re: More Bio-ethanol in Petrol
« Reply #9 on: 20 January 2011, 17:58 »
As above VWs go way back mk1s are fine with super unleaded. Just my two classic 50s and one 60s car are not  :sad:
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