ElectricityMy fear is when theres only E10 ,,what will 2 stroke engines run on
I’m willing to bet that in terms of cars there’s a lot of “scaremongering” going on with the 2011 thing. Another ploy to get easily influenced owners of older cars to trade them in for new or electric.
I bet most petrol engines will handle the change without a problem.
Edit: a quick google shows that BMW petrol engines back to the e30 series can run on E10 without issues. That’s back to the late 80’s
My fear is when theres only E10 ,,what will 2 stroke engines run on
I've all ways used the XP oil .Same as they do now, Aspen or Husqvarna XP Power alkylate fuel.
So, I never realised or thought about the fact you could buy premixed 2 stroke fuel before ( apart from the small gravity feed tanks that used to be at servos, that they would have mixed themselves )
I just did a google search, you can buy a 4 l drum of Stihl fuel for $40
Petrol here is about $1.50 / l . . .
I've all ways used the XP oil .
As I said before, I didn’t actually realise you could buy premixed 2 stroke fuel like that & have never seen it for sale in any chainsaw or lawnmower shop - so I’m guessing it is so expensive as it is such a small / niche product ?Something's wrong there, we pay about 15% more for Aspen than regular petrol not 1000%!
Might want to switch to alkylate now then.
I wonder what would have happened if he had designed and tuned the engine to run on E5 and then put some E85 and gave it 14.5k! I don't think it would have run particularly well tbh.2 strokes run just fine on E10.
I know a guy who builds world championship Rotax kart engines and this came up in discussion. Apparently ethanol doesn't cause a problem in 2 strokes until you reach the really high ethanol concentrations. To prove it he showed me a piston from an engine raced in Sweden, and run exclusively on E85, which was running absolutely fine at 14,500 rpm. The only problem he found was that the teflon coating used by Rotax on the piston skirt had dissolved after 25 hours of running, but apart from that the engine was fine.
I wonder what would have happened if he had designed and tuned the engine to run on E5 and then put some E85 and gave it 14.5k! I don't think it would have run particularly well tbh.
So, I never realised or thought about the fact you could buy premixed 2 stroke fuel before ( apart from the small gravity feed tanks that used to be at servos, that they would have mixed themselves )
I just did a google search, you can buy a 4 l drum of Stihl fuel for $40
Petrol here is about $1.50 / l . . .
As I said before, I didn’t actually realise you could buy premixed 2 stroke fuel like that & have never seen it for sale in any chainsaw or lawnmower shop - so I’m guessing it is so expensive as it is such a small / niche product ?
Husqvarna Australia website only lists 2 stroke oil on its website, not premix fuel.
Here are a couple of screenshots from a few different websites, so I have no reason to assume it is incorrect . . .
for interests sake, I googled “Aspen 2 Stroke fuel Australia” & the only result that came up was on EBay, at about $70 / 4 l plus about $100 freight from the UK . . .
Maybe it’s just not a “thing” here, we just buy the oil & mix with any petrol that’s available ? Dunno