It mentioned in the video it lowers octane and to use a booster.Although we don’t like ethanol, it does boost the octane rating. So does this process leave you with a lower octane petrol ?
What could possibly go wrong ?Kaboom !!!!!
Not going to happen here and I do take risks but not with petrol.
Removing the ethanol also lowers the octane so you need to add something to bring that back up.
Which raises the question; once removed from your fuel, what do you do with it (pouring down the drain may be frowned upon) ?'Ethanol is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid
Don’t forget this is the modern Commando forum…Mind you, the guy was worried about brass components etc., fair comment.. But, for those of us that have 'E5 proofed' our bikes, just what other horrors does another 5% actually hold???
I get the 'storage' problem, but would have been interested to see that jug left for a week/month to see just how much moisture it would pull from the atmosphere...
Would a simple bit of clingfilm or any airtight seal over the tank filler solve that issue? Or am I missing something? (brain... common sense... )
I just hark back to the 'unleaded' saga, when many expected their valves to disappear through their seats overnight....
That was the point made in post #10, but sadly in some places it’s not available.Why not just buy ethanol free gasoline?
Interesting YouTube video about removing ethanol from petrol. What are your thoughts?