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[BrendAn]

Just now, Red said:

Maybe I should clarify for the hard of thinking, when did Fuel with a proportion of ethanol become available at the Pumps in Australia?

years ago and its only the cheap crap e10.  i have never heard of anyone putting it in an aircraft or boat. its rubbish not even good enough for a lawn mower.

[onetrack]

Legislation allowing for petrol with ethanol added was introduced in 2003 and it went national in 2005. Petrol containing ethanol must be marked and stored and sold separately to other petrol grades.

E10 is the ethanol blend and it contains 9-10% ethanol. It has a RON of 94.

More importantly, engines and fuel systems must be labelled as ethanol-compatible, as ethanol degrades natural rubber, and when using ethanol blends, seals and gaskets and hoses must be formulated from synthetic materials that don't contain natural rubber.

[Red]

20 minutes ago, onetrack said:

Legislation allowing for petrol with ethanol added was introduced in 2003 and it went national in 2005. Petrol containing ethanol must be marked and stored and sold separately to other petrol grades.

E10 is the ethanol blend and it contains 9-10% ethanol. It has a RON of 94.

More importantly, engines and fuel systems must be labelled as ethanol-compatible, as ethanol degrades natural rubber, and when using ethanol blends, seals and gaskets and hoses must be formulated from synthetic materials that don't contain natural rubber.

Ta, over here in the UK we have e10 as the regular mogas grade and E5 'super' at 97-98 RON, up untill last septemeber Esso 'Super was Ethanol free now there is no ethanol free mogas available so us Rotax users have been forced into E5 or the ridiculously overpriced UL91

 

..or of course that orrible 100LL, but that's a last resort

Edited Monday at 12:57 PM by Red

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23 minutes ago, Red said:

Ta, over here in the UK we have e10 as the regular mogas grade and E5 'super' at 97-98 RON, up untill last septemeber Esso 'Super was Ethanol free now there is no ethanol free mogas available so us Rotax users have been forced into E5 or the ridiculously overpriced UL91

 

..or of course that orrible 100LL, but that's a last resort

seems to be that way in the us as well. i hope they don't do it here but i guess it will happen eventually.