GPSguru Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy135 said: Premier just sent all their berth-holders an email stating that they'll continue with E5 (as Super Unleaded) from their fuel berths for a short period of time after the cut-off date but will move over to E10 "in the near future". A quick search in the manual for my engine and I came across the following. Looks like a lucky escape, or perhaps a reprieve, for me then. But I will need to replace my fuel lines - they should be the required standard to handle ethanol blends but are about 10 years old now so will need doing anyway. You also need to check that the fuel hose from the tank to the engine is a low permeability hose designed for E10 type fuels. Most are marked with a BS number. 👍 Andy135 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, JonC said: Are there cost implications? They didn't say, but my guess is that E5 Super will be more expensive than the E10 Regular, so I expect to see the fuel pontoon prices go up for Super, and hopefully come back down again when E10 is provided... however, suspect that they may just keep the E5 price when they start selling the E10... GPSguru and Geoff 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, JonC said: I think @GPSgurutold me that buying super only works out marginally more expensive than messing about with additives. I guess it depends on your interpretation of marginal ! However, additives are also designed to protect the complete fuel system from the quite harmful effects of ethanol. Edited August 19, 2021 by GPSguru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, JonC said: Watch out, there’s a couple of spelling mistakes in there that will get the grammar nazis on your case. Edit them quickly before they see. Thanks for bringing this to my attention Jon... 👀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy135 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 5 minutes ago, JonC said: You’ve got to get your own back on all the people that beat you up at school one way or another!😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 30 minutes ago, JonC said: Watch out, there’s a couple of spelling mistakes in there that will get the grammar nazis on your case. Edit them quickly before they see. Blame sausage fingers and a poxy iphone keypad, with poor touchscreen accuracy ! 🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I was reading up some more on this subject, saw an article saying the additives hold any water in solution so to speak, rather than letting it settle and forming acids.... But the water is still there and drawn in to the engine. So if that is true, then E5 will be better all round than E10 no matter what you mix in with it.... Do you think they are trying to get more people to buy diesels.......... JonC 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GPSguru Posted August 19, 2021 Author Share Posted August 19, 2021 5 hours ago, suzook12 said: I was reading up some more on this subject, saw an article saying the additives hold any water in solution so to speak, rather than letting it settle and forming acids.... But the water is still there and drawn in to the engine. So if that is true, then E5 will be better all round than E10 no matter what you mix in with it.... Do you think they are trying to get more people to buy diesels.......... Yes, but if it is held in suspension and burnt as part of the combustion process, then that is fine, as the water content is no longer present in the fuel. I guess the amount of water in any given combustion cycle is very tiny indeed, so the engine performance is not compromised. The additives also carry a certain amount of 'lubricant' to help the engine internal fuelling components avoid corrosion, which is common on engines not designed for E10 and not using an additive. E5 still has the 'water' issue, but E10 just magnifies the problem. No way am I having a boat with a tractor engine ..............🤣 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 dont worrie we will all have to youse exspencive battery engins soon. or be band from fishing alltogeather. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintly Fish Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 5 hours ago, captin slows old outlaw said: dont worrie we will all have to youse exspencive battery engins soon. or be band from fishing alltogeather. I've heard of late to a party Pete, but this is ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captin slows old outlaw Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 4 hours ago, Saintly Fish said: I've heard of late to a party Pete, but this is ridiculous! just reworming the pot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzook12 Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 On 4/19/2024 at 7:07 PM, captin slows old outlaw said: just reworming the pot The pot needs worms for sure 🤣 Andy135, Saintly Fish and JonC 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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