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E10 fuel and chainsaws?


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1 hour ago, Rhyanna96 said:

Anyone know if the new fuel will effect the way chainsaws run?

Probably, particularly if saw not used daily/weekly.  We won't be using E10 in any of our machines instead will continue to use E5 super grade type fuel in machines used regularly and ethanol free fuel in machines used infrequently.

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1 hour ago, Vedhoggar said:

Ethanol attracts moisture and E10 will presumably do this more that E5, so if fuel left in a machine which is not used for a while it may be difficult to start or even may not start at all.

I see some people are deliberately adding 10% coloured water to the E10 and then syphoning off the 81.8% good fuel off the top, so the fact that it absorbs water which sits at the bottom of the tank until it's agitated only becomes a problem if it corrodes something or a globule fouls up the carb.

 

Only the fuel tanks breathe, the storage container shouldn't so water shouldn't get in until the machine is fuelled and left with it in unused.

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