Fuel additive

[Refueler]

OK .. it is true that some engines are a bit sensitive to old fuel ... especially if a bit of the light ends has evaporated off ... so in those cases - I suggest mixing in fresh fuel to the tank BEFORE opening the fuel valve and trying to start it.

 

[Momac]

.... But in reality - those additives are not needed for modern day engines.

Which perhaps explsins why the Mercedes car copes with variability in fuel quality while the lawnmower is less tolerant.

 

[Refueler]

Which perhaps explsins why the Mercedes car copes with variability in fuel quality while the lawnmower is less tolerant.

I have three Lawn tractors with typical 4 stroke Briggs and Stratton engines ... 11Hp .. 13.5HP and 15HP ...

I have a 3KW Briggs and Stratton 4 stroke engine generator ...

Two HD strimmers with 2T engines ...

A Briggs and Stratton 4str Stump grinder ....

Six 2str Outboard motors from 2HP up to 30HP ...

VP AQ170 6cyl mobo engine of vintage years !

They all run fine on E10 fuel ...

As to variable Fuel Quality .... ?? Each grade (95 .. 97 ... etc) is strict quality specs.

 

[ss2016]

I have never had problems with OLD fuel in the chainsaw or outboard but this year in view of several negative comments about 2 year old Tesco stuff I thought I would try Aspen. Any thoughts on it? It's a bit expensive but I use so little and if the outboard let me down it might be quite inconvenient.

 

[Baddox]

And please don't get me started on Aspen !! Lets just say Marketing !!

That really depends on what you want it to do.

In a two stroke engine, where the exhaust comprises of a proportion of unburnt fuel, it matters. Petrol from the pumps contains a high level of benzene, a carcinogen. Aspen is straight chain non-aromatic compounds which are much safer. Avoiding a lungful of benzene from is a very sensible reason to use Aspen if you're likely to be exposed to the exhaust fumes.

 

[Refueler]

The amount of benzene occurring in E5 and E10 street gasoline is at a low amount that to have real effect on anyone - they'd have to be standing in a cloud of continuing exhaust ... the other parts in the exhaust will affect you first ...

As to Aspen being free of Benzene ... that is not correct. It is a lower content and Aspen themselves say ... "largely free of ..." which is not saying it is not there.

Benzene in the old days - was even added to Gasoline ... some of us remember Benzoil ... but it was outlawed and now Benzene content is largely due to naturally being in the petroleum stream. This means that all gasolines will contain a measure of it.

Aspen is an Alkylate based reformulated gasoline ... with clever marketing....

 

[Freebee]

anybody who has lived by an oil refinery will see all the various supermarket refuelling trucks roll through the gates to collect as well as other brands sometimes, its all the same base product although I would accept that each customr has individual additive quantity preferences which is dialled into the blending pump as the base fuel comes down the line...

 

[Anibal]

How is that not putting fuel additives in?

With this I meant that I don’t put any octane boosters or cleaning agents etc as the V-Pro will have all that already.
Stan-bil 360 is a fuel stabiliser.
Ok, in theory anything you add to the fuel will be an additive since you are “adding something to the fuel” There you go.

 

[Hot Property]

I've got around 200 litres of E10 petrol which was salt contaminated.

I'm going to run this through the current boat 30% old and 70% fresh to "dispose" of it.

 

[Rum Run]

A few years ago my then car, an old diesel Peugeot 405 1.9T took to smoking a bit on the over run. A number of people including a couple of professional (ie they got paid for their work) mechanics sucked their teeth and said it was the use of cheap supermarket fuel. Some people even said that supermarkets water the fuel down......
Once I found the tiny split in the air hose from turbo outlet to inlet manifold and repaired it with self amalgamating tape the smoking stopped and economy improved a bit too.
I continue to use the cheapest diesel I can find.

 

[vikingsmb]

i've been reading about the aspen fuel, i'm not convinced its worth it.
just use E5 petrol and re supermarket fuel we'll agree to disagree