Ethanol Shield 2 stroke

[KevR]

If you want to avoid the ethanol then avoid 95/E10 in general and cheap supermarket fuel in particular. The main premium super unleaded types tend to have very little or no etahnol in them - the cheaper it is, the more likely it is to have the full allowable 10%.

FWIW a small amount of Ethanol (less than 5%) is benificial in normal use - clears wate3r from the system.

[Eddy_t]

How do you define slightly? I find it is fine for 3 months or so at least but I've not seen it tested by a reputable organisation to validate their claims.

 

 

Well, it would depend on how your fuel is stored - transferral, temperature and light all obviously shorten the lifespan with or without fuel stabiliser.

[NFG]

Saw this on the dealers today 12 quid for a litre. Has anyone heard of or used it before? I read on the back that it stops petrol going stale for up to a year

 

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Are they serious? I can get Eau de Vie distilled to probably the same percentage ethanol for about 3 euros a litre.

 

crazy price

 

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[bobh]

So it stabilises the fuel but does it stop the ethanol degrading the fuel pipes etc?

[Eddy_t]

So it stabilises the fuel but does it stop the ethanol degrading the fuel pipes etc?

 

 

In a nutshell, no. The ethanol is still there, it still reacts with other hydrocarbons. The stabiliser helps stop the ethanol converting to ethanoic acid, which attacks the metal bits.

[Macpherson]

Personally Iv`e not had any fuel problems but after reading all the posts on here on the subject Iv`e used both the Briggs stuff and Ethanol Shield [ which js better value ] just to be on the safe side,for all it costs, they both claim to stabilise the fuel for a long time and the E S claims to condition the rubber and plastic parts ......who knows !! There`s no doubt that todays fuel ain`t what it used to be so for the sake of your equipment careful management would seem the best policy. cheers

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

If you want to avoid the ethanol then avoid 95/E10 in general and cheap supermarket fuel in particular. The main premium super unleaded types tend to have very little or no etahnol in them - the cheaper it is, the more likely it is to have the full allowable 10%.

FWIW a small amount of Ethanol (less than 5%) is benificial in normal use - clears wate3r from the system.

 

Except for south west england where there's no choice!

[easy-lift guy]

Seemingly with the UK surrounded by water the availability of non-ethnol fuel should be readily available?. Unless boat engines are different in your part of the world non-ethnol fuel is very common for my state of Florida and I am seeing more stations offering non-ethnol fuel on a monthly basis and all boat marina's only sell non-ethnol fuel. I believe there may be more sources than most folk know about in the UK.

easy-lift guy

[woodyguy]

I'm not aware of anywhere in the UK that you can legally buy non-ethanol petrol. Its a big problem for the old bike and car hobbyists and they are keen to get it but can't.

Maybe different in the U S of A.

[GardenKit]

The distributors of Ethanol Shield in the UK are themselves a very large garden machinery dealer and, just like the rest of us, they suffer from the effects of stale fuel. So they wanted an answer.

We know them well so they came to see me a few years ago and we had a long chat about Aspen, but because of complications with storage, and onward distribution costs they decided to search for an alternative product to combat the effects of degrading fuel.

At that time it was well known that the Briggs Fuel Fit was no longer doing its job and was in the process of being reformulated. This video explains the benefits of the new improved Fuel Fit.

 

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Their search led them to B3C products in America and after prolonged testing they decided to market the product range as in this link.

 

B3C Fuel Solutions | The Total Fuel Solution

 

The issue of fuel degrading is very real and I would stongly suggest that all users of pump fuel should use products like this to counter the effects of ethanol, they do work.

 

But let us not confuse additives such as this with Aspen, they are not a substitute for Aspen.

Additive merely try to tame the rather crap fuel by adding even more chemical into the already TOXIC cocktail that is petrol. It will extend the usable life of pump petrol up to a year.

It still absorbs moisture,

It still contains benzene, sulphur and solvents.

It still carbons up your upper cylinder and exhaust.

It still contaminates your oil in 4 stroke engines.

It still has quite serious health issues to operators.

It still has a stinky exhaust and gives you a headache.

 

Aspen on the other hand is a complete fuel with only around 10 chemicals and absolutely no solvents, benzene or sulphur.

It is chemically stable and will last indefinateley without going stale.

It has no smell at all from the exhaust ( 4 stroke Aspen has no smell, but there is a slight smell from the oil content of the 2 stroke)

It does no damage at all to fuel system components, ever.

It does not cause any carbon build up.

It keeps the oil clean on 4 stroke engines