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E10 petrol
JezzaPeach:
Our Esso Super says E5 but is E0 for now. Worth doing some digging on corporate web sites or asking their customer support people as localities vary. Ethanol water lightly rusted my tank which I had to line.
fogrider:
In another club I'm in , for older bikes, a number of members add a splosh of two stroke oil in the fuel. It burns off no problem and owners say they never experience rusting or stale fuel. Others say Castrol R is very effective, but it's also very expensive !
For winter, it's a case of completely empty the carbs and fuel tank, or, fill the tank right up so there is no condensation room. Bikes I don't empty I add a measure of Briggs and Stratten fuel fit, it's for storing lawnmowers for a long winter. It works a treat.
royhall:
The problem with filling to the top, especially in a damp garage, is it will still absorb moisture from the air. To make matters worse it can overflow your tank all over your nice candy paint. If that happens under a cover that's not removed for 4 or 5 months again your tank is toast. I like the Briggs and Stratton thing though, that's definitely worth a look into.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
https://www.wynns.co.za/product/wynns-dry-fuel/
In my experience it does what it says on the bottle.
K2-K6:
"add a splosh of two stroke oil in the fuel"
Running different devices with and without premix two stroke oil I feel that the mix definitely has better preservation qualities than straight petrol with virtual absence of system corrosion. Probably the easiest and most cost effective initial step to consider if you do nothing else.
That's with generally available and almost exclusively E5 Fuels.
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