E10 Ethanol, bad for your engine & economy? [MERGED]

[Syuryuken]

takte sa petron pa naman ako nagpapakarga pero lagi ko namang ginagamit sasakyan ko wala kayang maging problema yun

[trucker111]

dumb question

meron bang ethanol ang diesel na binebenta dito?
do we have a choice?

[Walter]

Can anyone confirm if Shell V-power Nitro+ has ethanol?

[nivraarvin]

It is written in the pump if the fuel contains ethanol.

[interruptedz]

so lahat pala ng gasoline natin kahit blaze may ethanol na

[Chinoi]

Kaya pala kapag nag start ka ng makina from cold engine ay may moist lumalabas sa tambutso. Tubig pala iyon.

[ghosthunter]

Can anyone confirm if Shell V-power Nitro+ has ethanol?

ALL SHELL gasoline products have ethanol blended into it.

You can thank all the congressmen and senators who supported the CLEAN AIR ACT many years ago.

[ghosthunter]

Kaya pala kapag nag start ka ng makina from cold engine ay may moist lumalabas sa tambutso. Tubig pala iyon.

water is really part the combustion process. It is jsut that it usually exits as water vapor.

[trucker111]

so diesel users are safe? no ethanol in diesel?

[number001]

Not when it say Bio Diesel or B5

[trucker111]

oh no. so which company offers fuel w/o ethanol?
or gives us other choice?

[ghosthunter]

so diesel users are safe? no ethanol in diesel?

Diesel does not use ethanol. They use bio-diesel.

[ghosthunter]

oh no. so which company offers fuel w/o ethanol?
or gives us other choice?

Some gas companies still sell straight gasoline but usually in their top variant gasolines only.

Example:
Petron - Blaze
Total - Pro-Tec

[1D4LV]

^^ papa GH, loaded up on Total Pro-Tec yesterday. May E10 din yung Pro-Tec.
not sure of blaze.... di na ako nag aattempt dyan... mahal eh.. hehehehe.

[trucker111]

Diesel does not use ethanol. They use bio-diesel.

so bio diesel is ok? will not harm the engine?

[falken]

^^ papa GH, loaded up on Total Pro-Tec yesterday. May E10 din yung Pro-Tec.
not sure of blaze.... di na ako nag aattempt dyan... mahal eh.. hehehehe.

AFAIK, Blaze is pure gasoline.

[falken]

so bio diesel is ok? will not harm the engine?

Biodiesel is ok. I've used pure biodiesel on my ride a couple of times before.

[ghosthunter]

^^ papa GH, loaded up on Total Pro-Tec yesterday. May E10 din yung Pro-Tec.
not sure of blaze.... di na ako nag aattempt dyan... mahal eh.. hehehehe.

Really? ... might be recent because before it was ethanol free...

[ronki]

Just look for the yellow sticker above the label of the variant of gas you are filling up with, it says that this fuel uses 10% bioethanol... something like that.

If there's no sticker above the label, then we can say that it's pure gasoline.

[shelu]

just read today. http://www.philstar.com/opinion/2013...uel-good-idea?

first, ethanol is one reason why we have higher pump prices of gasoline. importing it is cheaper but we have a law on patronizing our own products. thereby, petroleum companies have no other way but to buy expensive local ethanol rather than importing cheaper ethanol from abroad. second, it only produces 2/3 of energy compared to same amount of pure gasoline. third and most important, it is not eco-friendly. it causes smog. maybe the government should take a look on this for it is bad economics really. add to that the eco-impact.