Tim R
Silver Level Sponsor
I'm not sure if this will be of interest in the U.S. or not but here in the U.K. they are forcing ethanol into our petrol. Currently we tend to run our Alpines of E5 (much of which actually has zero ethanol in it and all of it is less than 5% ethanol). Mainstream fuel is E10 and in Europe they use E15.
We had an interesting time speaking with long term Alpine owner and petrochemical engineer Trevor Hibdige (Exxon / Esso) about ethanol in our fuel. Trevor has a history of racing Triumph TR3s and Lotus Europas and has had his Alpine for over 12 years. As a result of what he told us we will store classic cars differently in future.
My own worse experience with the stuff was when ethanol 'inundated' the float in the carb and caused it to sink. When the float sinks, the valve stays open and petrol just keeps on flowing......not good.
Tim R
We had an interesting time speaking with long term Alpine owner and petrochemical engineer Trevor Hibdige (Exxon / Esso) about ethanol in our fuel. Trevor has a history of racing Triumph TR3s and Lotus Europas and has had his Alpine for over 12 years. As a result of what he told us we will store classic cars differently in future.
My own worse experience with the stuff was when ethanol 'inundated' the float in the carb and caused it to sink. When the float sinks, the valve stays open and petrol just keeps on flowing......not good.
Tim R