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yoyoyoda · 02-17-2014, 10:25 AM

I knew ethanol was trouble. This just affirms it.

I've been noticing slightly rougher operation of my 5SFE engine while on E10.
I've noticed that it has reduced power output too.

I filled up one day with premo and it just felt better (had slightly more cajones at lower rpm/off from stop), the only difference however is in 1st gear, no other gears or speeds show an improvement, once it shifts up to 2nd the difference disappears.

It just feels wrong to me, I wrongly assumed/thought that I was doing something good for the environment while running on 10% ethanol, lower emissions, flowers out the tailpipe, etc.

I'll be running only 95 primo from now on methinks.

This is the typical Aussie viewpoint on fuel: http://theoldbloke.homestead.com/ethanol.html

This is what our pumps look like: (Not usually burnt out cars and firemen at them tho)

02-17-2014, 10:25 AM	#14 (permalink)
yoyoyoda Banned Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: NSW, Aus Posts: 116 Thanks: 61 Thanked 18 Times in 16 Posts	I knew ethanol was trouble. This just affirms it. I've been noticing slightly rougher operation of my 5SFE engine while on E10. I've noticed that it has reduced power output too. I filled up one day with premo and it just felt better (had slightly more cajones at lower rpm/off from stop), the only difference however is in 1st gear, no other gears or speeds show an improvement, once it shifts up to 2nd the difference disappears. It just feels wrong to me, I wrongly assumed/thought that I was doing something good for the environment while running on 10% ethanol, lower emissions, flowers out the tailpipe, etc. I'll be running only 95 primo from now on methinks. This is the typical Aussie viewpoint on fuel: http://theoldbloke.homestead.com/ethanol.html This is what our pumps look like: (Not usually burnt out cars and firemen at them tho) Last edited by yoyoyoda; 02-17-2014 at 10:46 AM..