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Snod Blatter wrote: Dai wrote:It'll be 10% soon enough. It's already been legislated for; just can't remember the date of introduction. Guess who will be swapping to premium for all bikes.
Tell me about it, it's already an absolute pain touring Europe on something more than 20 years old - seem to need to pay out for Super every time.
I was always under the impression that the FPR and injectors would suffer with E10, fitting compatible hose would be the easy bit. Is this not the case?
Also we do have Pirtek here in the UK but they're more about hydraulic hose and fittings, could still be worth a phone call though.
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Los Estados the FPR and injectors of may various Beemers do not suffer using ethanol fuels at the federally mandated 10% level, short-term. I'll wager there's some damage or breakdown in rubber components during long-term storage, and this is why I seek out ethanol-free when I can, but also use additives like Seafoam, Star Tron or Berryman's for cleaning out the system and conditioning the crappy ethanol fuel. My old carbie bike had new o-rings whacked into the Bings every two years or so when I was using it. It currently sits in long-term storage empty of any fuel or fuel residue.
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