octane booster opinions

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browny · #1 Post by **browny** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 11:45 pm

Hi
Has anyone tried octane booster to help with the least quality unleaded fuel and ethanol problems causing the expanding tanks.
If so what are the s thoughts and advice as I am considering putting some into the falco..
Cheers

Aladinsaneuk · #2 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:43 am

use BP Ultimate fuel

The hobbit did some research and found this out -

Thank you for your email concerning the fuel sold by BP.

In most regions of the UK our Ultimate Unleaded dos not contain any Ethanol at present (South West UK excluded). This may of course change in the future as the specification allows up to 5%.

browny · #3 Post by **browny** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 5:54 am

Cheers. ... just read a piece in an article about ethanol which states that 10% is going to be allowed in 2013 with the potential to Rise to 15% so the problems are going to get worse

D-Rider · #4 Post by **D-Rider** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 9:06 am

Can't see how an octane booster is going to stop the ethanol monster from carrying out it's evil mission

MartDude · #5 Post by **MartDude** » Fri Apr 05, 2013 4:13 pm

browny wrote:Cheers. ... just read a piece in an article about ethanol which states that 10% is going to be allowed in 2013 with the potential to Rise to 15% so the problems are going to get worse

"The European Fuel Quality Directive* requires that member states of the European Union must ensure that sufficient volumes of today’s petrol are available for vehicles that are not compatible with the use of E10 petrol. "

http://www.acem.eu/index.php/policy-acc ... onment/e10

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Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 98/70/EC as regards the specification of petrol, diesel and gas-oil and introducing a mechanism to monitor and reduce greenhouse gas emissions and amending Council Directive 1999/32/EC as regards the specification of fuel used by inland waterway vessels and repealing Directive 93/12/EEC, Official Journal of the European Union L140, 5.6.2009, p.88.