Having just returned to UK after 20 years in Switzerland was forced to fill with E10 as nothing else available. Severe misfire resulted. Managed to find Shell V Power and following fill up and then a full service all was fine. But having been laid up for 4 months another misfire and popping is occurring. I suppose the ethanol in the petrol is the cause. Any recommendations how best to live with this petrol problem please?
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Hi Malcolm, yes Ethanol is very likely to be the cause or at least an aggravating factor, and things are only going to get worse for all of us in years to come (I am starting to see more and more and new/different issues on a lot of carburettor work I do and 99.9% of it is due to fuel and ethanol contents.....)
Unfortunately if you take the car off for that long you will be more likely to face these issues. So 1st things first, run the car regularly even during winter times, there is no substitute for it (and it is not only your engine and fuel that will thank you for it...)
Then need to look around you for petrol stations with E5. I know this is stating the obvious but only real way to go about it TBH.
I know people talk about some additives etc but not had first hand experience of them (and dont really trust most of these TBH as usually design as stop-gap to cover an array of vehicles but never really engineered for a specific engine/car...)
Good luck (and welcome back to the UK)
Unfortunately if you take the car off for that long you will be more likely to face these issues. So 1st things first, run the car regularly even during winter times, there is no substitute for it (and it is not only your engine and fuel that will thank you for it...)
Then need to look around you for petrol stations with E5. I know this is stating the obvious but only real way to go about it TBH.
I know people talk about some additives etc but not had first hand experience of them (and dont really trust most of these TBH as usually design as stop-gap to cover an array of vehicles but never really engineered for a specific engine/car...)
Good luck (and welcome back to the UK)
Many thanks for your advice and welcome!
Just to add my personal experience to the good advice above.
I have a 3.2 in the back of my 73T since 1995
It has always run on what is now called E5, and once I used E10 and it did not run right. Fresh E5 sorted that out.
It sits in the garage from late Sept/Oct to around early/late March, and gets started a few times but run for the time the oil takes to make the oil filter almost untouchable.
A few blips of the throttle also along the way.
I have never bothered to fill the tank or drain it in those 30 years, just make sure the batteries are fully charged before running.
Sometimes needs a few seconds to clear it's throats, but then humms along.
It is now 140,000 miles old, never been apart from when the factory built it in 1985. It is unmodified.
I have a 3.2 in the back of my 73T since 1995
It has always run on what is now called E5, and once I used E10 and it did not run right. Fresh E5 sorted that out.
It sits in the garage from late Sept/Oct to around early/late March, and gets started a few times but run for the time the oil takes to make the oil filter almost untouchable.
A few blips of the throttle also along the way.
I have never bothered to fill the tank or drain it in those 30 years, just make sure the batteries are fully charged before running.
Sometimes needs a few seconds to clear it's throats, but then humms along.
It is now 140,000 miles old, never been apart from when the factory built it in 1985. It is unmodified.
Many thanks! That is very encouraging!
Thanks. I will use them!
herringbur
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Yeah I mean, maybe partly because the car is not used often but I still use that gasoline normally.
Yes, interesting thanks. Does anyone use additives to prevent corrosion, or STP fuel system cleaners?
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