Leaded or unleaded?

[foggyjames]

Loving the technical discussion here chaps

FWIW, my 1986 B14.4E car would pink just a little bit on 95 octane, especially on a hot day. Perhaps the supermarkets are watering the fuel down with camel piss again?!

cheers

James

[fatuglypaapa1]

I am reading a lot here. But all I know is that I'm running my mk1 340 with E10 and it runs great. Am thinking of going up to 98 though since that is what is recommended in the manual, or it actually says 97 octane but that does not exist here.

[bogbasic]

My 1.7 has been fine on E10 and the 360 runs OK on it, too, but the mixture for the latter car is a bit strong at the moment so the toxic gas emissions are fairly badly sh*te. I think, probably wrongly, it's all the aromatics they put in unleaded petrol to compensate for the lack of lead. Oh, we did love tetraethyl lead! Will try to get the 360 into a better place, environ-mentally, that is.

[TasMan]

Like everything these days, all the 'good stuff?' that used to be in things like paints and fuels are gone and replaced with environmentally friendly alternatives that cause numerous other problems.
I am trying to only use E5 in my 360 to minimise ethanol content that plays havoc with fuel lines etc. Over the winter I brim the tank and add in Stabil fuel stabiliser. I also noticed a difference in tick over having run a dose of injector cleaner.
If I did have to use E10 I would try and stick to a Shell, Esso, BP rather than supermarket special brew.

I guess everyone has their own take on the issue!
Cheers
Dave

[fatuglypaapa1]

Like everything these days, all the 'good stuff?' that used to be in things like paints and fuels are gone and replaced with environmentally friendly alternatives that cause numerous other problems.
I am trying to only use E5 in my 360 to minimise ethanol content that plays havoc with fuel lines etc. Over the winter I brim the tank and add in Stabil fuel stabiliser. I also noticed a difference in tick over having run a dose of injector cleaner.
If I did have to use E10 I would try and stick to a Shell, Esso, BP rather than supermarket special brew.

I guess everyone has their own take on the issue!
Cheers
Dave

The debate on what fuel has always been a fun topic here in northern sweden. You have some people swearing on their dead forefathers that ethanol eats up your fuel lines and clogs your filters. Then you have veteran mechanics like Bosse Bilmekaniker and other various tv mechanics here who are driving around in their ancient volvos with e85 and all they complain about is that in the winter it's a bit difficult to start