E10 petrol

HI All, I have a 54 plate gen3 jimny will it be ok running on the new E10 petrol?
I looked on the ukgov web site but it's as useful as slicks in snow.
Thanks Adie

I have a 20 plate and E10 will be going nowhere near it.

Checked my Mum's57 plate Suzuki SX4 manual today, and her's is fine too...

My 2011 Jimny and 2001 other car are both E10 compatible, but here is the thing my other car has developed a small misfire at low revs and after deceleration after filling up with E10. My Jimny also seems to be running slightly different.

I filled my other car up at a different garage and suspect fuel contamination, so it has now been refilled at my usual garage and for good measure a bottle of Redex Advanced thrown in. It is running a bit better so will see how it goes and then might switch the Super Unleaded.

I put a bottle of Redex in the Jimny as well, I might try Super Unleaded in that just to see if it makes any difference and if it runs better or does more mpg might stick with Super Unleaded.

Going up a long steep hill in my Jimny tonight, I managed to get it to hold top gear for longer and at higher speed, so perhaps the Redex is doing it’s job.

I thought rural fuel stations were still selling E5 but i got to my local station this morning and it was E10 or nothing! i ended up going the long and winding road to work past a Shell station where i filled up with Vpower at £1.50 per litre! I'm sure this is a Government scam to ruin all of the petrol cars over the next few years so everyone goes electric.

Esso Synergy Supreme 99 is ethanol free (except in Devon, Cornwall, North Wales, North England and Scotland). It is a lot more expensive, but as I'm doing virtually zero mileage, it isn't going to separate in the tank. 

I predict that every single engine fault in the next 3 months will be blamed on the 5% increase in the amount of ethanol in the petrol.

In The Olden Days my father used to run our Rover 90 on Cleveland Discol, which was adulterated with ethanol- as an octane booster.


Never caused any problem (cars were made properly then, with lead and proper rubber from the colonies), except I do recall breaking down on the way to Aberystwyth with fuel pump failure......


I'm not bothered by running on e10, just by what happens when it stands in the fuel tank for weeks on end.


You can remove the ethanol, by sloshing in a bit of water, then using a separating funnel to run the water/ethanol off from under the petrol, but I suspect the novelty wears off after the second gallon.


 

just looked in my manual for 2001 it quotes "blends of unleaded petrol and ethanol (grain alcohol), also known as gasohol, are commercially available in some areas. Blends of this type may be used in your vehicle if they are no more than 10% ethanol. Be sure this petrol- ethanol blend has octane ratings no lower than those recommended for petrol" so this makes my jimny suitable for E10. Pretty well pleased after worrying that the restoration might be short lived.