Tank issues thread

[D-Rider]

I think you are right to be cynical Jay.

Might be a plan if you want to plant tomatoes in it though ..........

[lazarus]

The introduction of this questionable additive to fuels should not have been permitted if it were likely to cause damage to so many vehicles on the road.

You could have used that argument when unleaded first came on the scene.

There are significant differences.

Of course there are D Rider. The only point I was trying to make was that there previously have been changes that the Govt found it necessary to make and which had negative consequences for old vehicles, and no doubt there will be other changes in the future. Indeed its difficult to think of anything the govt can change that wont have negatives for someone somewhere

One thing is for sure - you arent going to get any joy or a new tank out of the UK govt and the EU.

I don't recall asking them to.

All that's needed is a requirement to label all pumps to show the ethanol content of what they dispense and a requirement that all filling stations have at least one active pump that dispenses ethanol-free fuel (without price premium).

I don't think that's much to ask.

Labelling isnt too much to ask but ethanol free fuel might well be given the EU 2009 directive that requires the carbon intensity of road fuels to be reduced.

Surely someone somewhere has found a lining compound that can be swished around the tank to prevent problems with alcohol like the ones that can line a steel tank against rust