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Ethanol?
florence:
Excellent as ever Bryan, thanks very much.
Just ordered some 5.5mm ID claims to be E10 safe so fingers crossed.
Skoti:
Buy genuine Honda 5.5mm fuel hose in metre lengths from D.Silvers or your local Honda Power Equipment dealer.
Nowt else seems to be ethanol proof for me.
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Interestingly Esso & Shell SUL is free from any Ethanol unless you live in the South West where they have up to 5% Ethanol in the SUL Mix.
I guess the reason must be linked to the supplying refinery.
royhall:
Move to the Isle of Man as they still have no plans to introduce any kind of Ethanol onto the island. Bit of an extreme solution though.
philward:
--- Quote from: gtmdriver on September 03, 2021, 07:54:07 AM ---It's reasonable to advise people to just use a specific brand or grade of fuel but, if you use your bike to travel any meaningful distances, there will be occasions when you have no choice but to fill up with whatever is available.
On our UK tour this year we twice had to use E10 as that was all they had. Fortunately I've been carrying and using a tried and independently tested (by the FHVBC) fuel additive since they introduced E5 so I just add that and fill up regardless.
Additives just protect metallic components though. Rubber hoses need to be made from Bio-fuel compatible materials.
I've used these for a while and they seem to be OK so far with E5.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/251182149018?hash=item3a7b9f6d9a:g:PNkAAMXQn11RffRU
--- End quote ---
What is the fuel additive that you use and we're do you get it from?
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