Ethanol

**CaptainHeff** · 16-11-2010 09:46 PM

Tried searching - found nothing specifically targetting this question. Maybe I'm bad at searching.

Anyway:

Ethanol - safe to use on 94 GSi? Anyone given it a shot? Details please!

**lemmm** · 16-11-2010 10:06 PM

why not just use v power or bp ultimate?

**Bludger** · 16-11-2010 10:12 PM

Originally Posted by lemmm

why not just use v power or bp ultimate?

errrrr, did you think of the fact that it cost 10 -15 cents more per litre????

**nwa111** · 17-11-2010 05:32 PM

an extra 10-15 cents per litre , helps with your car running smoother last longer and just feels a whole lot better when driving

**mooshie** · 17-11-2010 08:50 PM

google is your friend- http://www.honda.com.au/cars_for-owners_ethanol.aspx

**Super-DA9** · 17-11-2010 09:13 PM

I always run my car on 98. it's cleaner, more mileage, better power than 91 (not heaps more), and my car demands premium anyway, I once put E10 in my DA9 and it ran like shit. no power. haha

**NSPYRE** · 17-11-2010 11:26 PM

Originally Posted by Super-DA9

I always run my car on 98. it's cleaner, more mileage, better power than 91 (not heaps more), and my car demands premium anyway, I once put E10 in my DA9 and it ran like shit. no power. haha

probably becos the ethanol fuel was carrying water along with a whole lot of other gunk thats built up in a car as old as the DA9

**1900-hustler** · 18-11-2010 02:42 PM

your car requires you to run 'premium' unleaded anyway and it even says on the inside of your tank lid and in your hand book..

well for a dc2r it did

**Super-DA9** · 18-11-2010 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by NSPYRE

probably becos the ethanol fuel was carrying water along with a whole lot of other gunk thats built up in a car as old as the DA9

wow, I have been enlightened haha

**mooshie** · 18-11-2010 08:55 PM

NSPYRE is right, when you put an ethanol blend in your tank you can pick up some water if there is any in there.

Normally water just sits in the bottom of your tank and causes no problems unless there is too much. Ethanol is soluble in water however and this means that the water does not just sit in the bottom but can actually 'blend' in with the fuel causing problems.

It is not uncommon for water to be in a fuel tank, you know the 'hiss' when you open the fuel cap? that is air being sucked in, moisture in that air then condensates and as it is heavier than the fuel is goes to the bottom of the tank where it cannot evaporate again. Not usually anything to worry about though.

**Super-DA9** · 18-11-2010 11:22 PM

*Puts hand up* does anyone make a fuel additive to disperse/replace the water? maybe in a WD40 sorta way? (not that I'd ever spray WD40 in my fuel tank lol)