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FortNine got out of his depth on the stabilizer eval. The test methodology used doesn't allow for meaningful conclusions.
I wonder what they do in Europe where I usually buy Shell V-Power 100 or Aral 102. You would reduce their octane numbers by ~5 to get to our octane numbers. I never thought about it, but do they use ethanol to boost their octane?
FortNine got out of his depth on the stabilizer eval. The test methodology used doesn't allow for meaningful conclusions.
I wonder what they do in Europe where I usually buy Shell V-Power 100 or Aral 102. You would reduce their octane numbers by ~5 to get to our octane numbers. I never thought about it, but do they use ethanol to boost their octane?
Google finds:
"At present, the majority of EU member states use E5 petrol in their vehicles. ... In January, Denmark, Hungary, Lithuania and Slovakia became the latest countries to introduce E10 to their forecourts, bringing the total number of EU member states to sell the fuel at the majority of retail stations to 13."
The ethanol component also attracts water, which is a very bad thing to have in your fuel when flying.
There is a good one, a Super Unleaded and an Unleaded where both have an Octane rating of 87. Go figure.
And why bother listing Unleaded as all automotive fuels at pumps are. Notice the Super Unleaded uses American Ethanol.
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Just to throw some "gas on the fire", ethanol blended fuels are a no-go in general aviation aircraft. And yes motorcycles are not aircraft, despite what some of us believe or how we ride.
In engines, not designed for ethanol blended fuels, the ethanol can cause damage to fuel lines, engine components, etc. The ethanol component also attracts water, which is a very bad thing to have in your fuel when flying. It's also "banned" in a wide variety of vehicles and especially in older vehicles.
Does it work in an engine/vehicle designed to use it, well yes. As for myself, gas doesn't stay in any of my vehicles long enough for the water attraction issue to become...well an issue. Do I and a lot of other people like using it, well no. But do we have a choice, well no on that too. You use what's available and ride what you have.
I prefer Scottish ethanol, specifically Macallan and of the age of majority.
Many times on this blog I have seen advice to pour in a bottle of RED HEET to, I assume, absorb water in the gas tank bottom from tainted fuel.
HEET contains Alcohol among other things, but it looks to me Alcohol is the main ingredient………
I'm no chemist, is alcohol the same as Ethanol?
Nick
Good thing I watched the video to the end.