I really should have checked myself (and not listerned to mate at work) My Morrisons local supermarket DOESN'T have BioDiesel!
IT has BIO-ETHNOL which is a unleaded petrol replacement!
At least it was my daft mate that tried to fill up his ford docus TDCI with it luckily the attendant corrected him
oh well looks like i'm off to Asda for some veggie oil
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UKmobileman Yup last time i looked the morrisons at the riverside branch had E85 Bio ethonal on sale, it was big thing last yr i think i the news and everything.
I think tescos have started selling a E5 down south as well but i cant be sure, athough i know morrisons have E85 on at a few stores and are intending to increase that number.
UKmobileman if you really want biodiesel and are based near norwich look up simply biodiesel or broadland fuels both do biodiesel no idea how or where or if they are any good. Ive alway made sure ive got a full tank before going home to the family in norfolk!
I think tescos have started selling a E5 down south as well but i cant be sure, athough i know morrisons have E85 on at a few stores and are intending to increase that number.
UKmobileman if you really want biodiesel and are based near norwich look up simply biodiesel or broadland fuels both do biodiesel no idea how or where or if they are any good. Ive alway made sure ive got a full tank before going home to the family in norfolk!
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Resurrecting an old thread with new info: Morrisons in Gravesend have started selling B30 Bio-diesel at exactly the same price as regular diesel
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I think most modern cars will run on it and you'll be none the wiser. The handbook that comes with the car might tell you whether or not it can handle ethanol.andmcit wrote:So. What's the deal with Bio-ethanol - seems nobody can tell me anything
about it and it hasn't had much mention here before? Can it go straight into
any Petrol XU? Isn't it a better octane rated fuel like the good'ol 5 star!?
Local Morrison's near me has it so was just wondering...
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I've known some say they can't run on it but are actually able to, just the manufacturer didn't want the warranty issues until they'd tested and certified.
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It causes some rubbers used in older cars' fuel systems to swell.
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Isn't prefix B for diesels and prefix E for petrol engines? It's confusing not least because ethanol can be made from crops, making it a bio fuel
This is what wiki has to say about E85...
E-85 ethanol is used in engines modified to accept higher concentrations of ethanol. Such flexible-fuel vehicles (FFV) are designed to run on any mixture of gasoline or ethanol with up to 85% ethanol by volume. There are a few major differences between FFVs and non-FFVs. One is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system. Another is that fuel pumps must be capable of operating with electrically conductive ethanol instead of non-conducting dielectric gasoline fuel. Fuel injection control systems have a wider range of pulse widths to inject approximately 40% more fuel. Stainless steel fuel lines, sometimes lined with plastic, and stainless steel fuel tanks in place of terne fuel tanks are used. In some cases, FFVs use acid-neutralizing motor oil. For vehicles with fuel-tank mounted fuel pumps, additional differences to prevent arcing, as well as flame arrestors positioned in the tank's fill pipe, are also sometimes used
This is what wiki has to say about E85...
E-85 ethanol is used in engines modified to accept higher concentrations of ethanol. Such flexible-fuel vehicles (FFV) are designed to run on any mixture of gasoline or ethanol with up to 85% ethanol by volume. There are a few major differences between FFVs and non-FFVs. One is the elimination of bare magnesium, aluminum, and rubber parts in the fuel system. Another is that fuel pumps must be capable of operating with electrically conductive ethanol instead of non-conducting dielectric gasoline fuel. Fuel injection control systems have a wider range of pulse widths to inject approximately 40% more fuel. Stainless steel fuel lines, sometimes lined with plastic, and stainless steel fuel tanks in place of terne fuel tanks are used. In some cases, FFVs use acid-neutralizing motor oil. For vehicles with fuel-tank mounted fuel pumps, additional differences to prevent arcing, as well as flame arrestors positioned in the tank's fill pipe, are also sometimes used