Club Triumph

I recall reading on some forums that people are worried about the ethanol in our fuel attacking the inside of a fuel tank that has been treated here's a quote from Hartlepool Radiators who treated my tank two years ago,

"Hi George,  we have been applying the renu treatment for 20 years now and not had an ethanol issue.  We import the material from the States,

Where there have samples that have been sitting in fuel for over 30 years without any degradation."

so now we can stop worrying that it will block our fuel filters and jets

I know a few people who have used treatments from the US that have been attacked by U.K. Fuel. Perhaps our Ethanol is different source?

dont think it was Renu(?) treatment though

The comment by Hartlepool is I feel a bit misleading.

The current requirement for ethanol in the UK has not been around that long and recently only E5 been the norm.  Looking forward there is going to be E10 as the norm which is being considered the problem one though with E5 still available, and even that is still being considered a problem with old rubber fuel lines and seals etc.

What is the situation for ethanol in petrol in the States - if not common it could account for no problems from that source!!!!

As a matter of interest Cleveland Discol which contained a small percentage (couple of %?) of one of the alcohols as an anti knock additive was available I think from the 1930 until the 1960s

MUT

Quoted from TedTaylor-

 

As a matter of interest Cleveland Discol which contained a small percentage (couple of %?) of one of the alcohols as an anti knock additive was available I think from the 1930 until the 1960s

MUT

But that also had lead in it, which modern unleaded obviously does not. I've been using Tetraboost lead additive in the Herald for a while now, it doesn't see much use these last few years and I was having a lot of issues with poor running that I put down to stale fuel. The Tetraboost seems to have solved this, IMO it's worth trying with a car that doesn't get out much. I think the general feeling with ethanol is it's less of a problem for vehicles used regularly.

I sent this to Car Builder Solutions 

"Hi guys can you please tell me how your fuel hose BRCFH8 will stand up to our new fuels with ethanol in"

and their reply

Hi, this is the ethanol proof one, for any fuel with over 10% ethanol