Isuzu Trooper Owners Club UK™

[Retro Pedro]

The EU rulers imposing compulsory changes in our fuel is not far from coming round the corner.
I recently read an article in an Engine Repair and Remanufacture magazine giving the heads up on whats coming to us older motor diesel and petrol burners.
Apparently substitutes content in the form of ethanol is going to be increased. This ethanol is industrial alcohol and is relatively easy to produce - guess rapeseed etc.
The nett effects will be lower performance, lower m.p.g. and higher water content in the fuel. Component damage in older vehicles is also something quoted. What the report studies quoted that vehicles manufactured from 2002 and in some cases upto 2009 should be immune from resultant ethanol content damage but older vehicles manufactured without ethanol content considertion could be suspect to resultant damage. Apparently the solvent effect of ethanol can loosen particals in the fuel which can damage fuel pumps, hose, filters and injectors by blockages. The corrosive nature of ethanol is caused by oxygen content reacts to anything turning metal into rust among other things.
The timescale is that we've already got 5% content - hence octane 95 E5. By 2015/16 they want 10% content to be compulsory (E10) but E5 will still be available. However, because of the fuel storage facilities at petrol stations, the smaller outlets will physically not have the storage space facilities so will only be able to offer the 10% content flavour. Once E10 is here, E15 and E25 will be waiting in wings just around the corner.
I'm getting a bit p1ssed off trying to read the article and translate into this post, so I'm going to give up now, and try and get an electronic copy and paste on here so you guys get it direct from the horses mouth so to speak.

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[MikT725]

Ethanol is only added to petrol not diesel !
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1999 3.1td SWB Trooper.  RIP
2004 3.1td LWB

[DYLAN]

I think it may be bio diesel that may be going up to 10% and ethanol is used in it's production. ???
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2002 S-TYPE JAGUAR 3.0 SPORT

[Retro Pedro]

[MikT725]

Methanol and ethanol are both used in producing Bio but i don't think they are just added they are used as a catalyst to convert some *beep* into some other *beep* lol and are often recovered afterwards. From what i've read it sounds like the fuel companies have previously met the renewable fuel requirements by only adding bio to diesel and leaving petrol alone now the requirements have been increased they are having to make a percentage of petrol from renewable too  
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1999 3.1td SWB Trooper.  RIP
2004 3.1td LWB