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Yeah also Honda Australia is not recommending the use of ethanol like Aaronng states.
I'll only use the e5 if i'm 100% sure it won't ruin any of the fuel seals.
Only 2002 models up are able to use the e10.
BTW.. FYI Howard wants to allow all petrol companies the be able to use the e10 without having to label!
This govt is going to the dogs!
Shell 95 has only been deleted from the stations that have extreme because of the amount of tanks they have at the site. the site would probably run 4 tanks so they had to get rid of one of the fuel to put extreme in. other sites still have 95.Quote:
Originally Posted by lspower
anyway my brother has called up honda and they have said not to use it.
Ok. No luck for octane 95.
Anyway, after one weeks of using octane 100, not untill last 2 days. the car is running really good and mean. It feels like you want to take on any cars on the street. But I have to reserve that between fuel economy and safety.
Octane 100 does seem to clean up my engine pretty well and defiately a boost increase in performance. Again, we are still waiting for the report on"which fuel to use?".
My car is worth 5000$-6000$ in a good nic. I dnt worr about the seals...
i have used this fuel and i like it feels better more responsive and its only 4 cents more than optimax but i dont like the ethanol part of it so i prob will stick to optimax and only use extreme once every month or sumfin
i'll wait till i used it up and find out if it lasts longer than optimax but so far its very similar
Mate, this government went to the dogs a long time ago.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Limbo
Well, my EK1 feels a little bit more responsive after filling up with Extreme - only slightly though. But it could be due to the fact that we've had cooler weather here in the last few days....Seems alright so far.
ethanol will clean out all the junk thats in the bottom of your fuel tank and fuel lines so check your fuel filter after a while if you guys decide to use it. it won't cause you to have to change your filter twice as often its just the initial time you change over to it.
I've been readin up on it and everyone says its alright theres a lot of pros the only concern is with prolonged use and seeing if it damages engine parts.
I would be concerned about filters and injectors but apart from that i can't see any other things that may get effected.....maybe the pump.... dunno. but we'll see how it all goes.
jase
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Originally Posted by V205
chalk and cheese mate, chalk and cheese
ferrari motors has absolutely no relation a honda motor.
Mate if you wanna clean out your fuel tank and injector i'd rather use injector cleaner and the Fuel Dr stuff as at least i know they are not causing any damage to my engine.
DomenEK - yeah govt went out ages ago but they seem to be getter worse this last yr. Some totally idiotic ideas.
Yeah Ferrari and Honda are in different leagues, their engine are totally different, thus fuel requirements are also different.
I'll wait for honda to give the ok before i use it. ALSO on the FCIA site honda only recommends new engines 2002/3 +, so i would assume they have been using different seals int he past, and only now using seals that can take the ethanol mix.
i wasn't sure so i made the safe call and called Honda,
and they said not to use the new optimax extreme...thats enough for me :D
Shell Optimax is the go for my lude :D
i just rang honda at Roseberry. They didnot know about it whether it will damage or not.
They reckon, if the govenment said so. Let it be. I am going to keep my car for 2-5 years at max. So far so good. If the ethanol should damage the seal, its likely at 10% blend or greater..... e5 is fine.
The list of E10 compatible cars are for E10 only. If you put E20 into the Aus spec ethanol compatible cars, you will still ruin the seals. E5 on your LS would be risky.Quote:
Originally Posted by lspower
Think the problem is the amount of people that change from 98octaine to 100 blend and swear blind that it makes a difference is growing by the day.
BTW did you know that you can also gain a 2hp boost by adding Altezza lights to your Civic..... OR 15hp by adding a Mugen badge to the side.
I mean really people
99% of the crap you hear about these fuels is spread like WW2 propoganda...
Oh Dick Johnston swears by it.
Is this the same Dick Johnston that used to drive for the Ford SHELL HELIX team?
What a coincidence.
The government want to get people to use Ethenol because the fuel is cheaper to make but the can charge more because its "Better"
Stick with the Shell NON blended fuels
or to be really safe just use BP Ultimate (sure its only 98 but its not a blend or mixed with 1000's of additives).
just my 2c