Wet Petrol
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Wet Petrol
Why is my petrol wet I hear you ask? Because I am going to add water to it to separate the ethanol from the petrol.
So I need something to perform the function of a separating funnel, but bigger and cheaper and not made of glass; can anyone suggest something?
I then need to make sure that there is no water in the petrol, so I need a way of doing that, like a column full of anhydrous magnesium sulphate or summat; is this really necessary? Any suggestions?
Why am I doing all this? Because E10 petrol is right buggering up my garden machinery, corroding the carbs all to buggery. So I need decent petrol without ethanol, but not gallons.
I am aware that 'garden equipment petrol' is available but at £30/gallon I think not.
So I need something to perform the function of a separating funnel, but bigger and cheaper and not made of glass; can anyone suggest something?
I then need to make sure that there is no water in the petrol, so I need a way of doing that, like a column full of anhydrous magnesium sulphate or summat; is this really necessary? Any suggestions?
Why am I doing all this? Because E10 petrol is right buggering up my garden machinery, corroding the carbs all to buggery. So I need decent petrol without ethanol, but not gallons.
I am aware that 'garden equipment petrol' is available but at £30/gallon I think not.
Perit hic laetatio.
Re: Wet Petrol
Sounds like a good argument for electric garden machinery
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Re: Wet Petrol
An article from March '21 suggests that Esso still sell ethanol free petrol if you can get Esso Synergy Supreme+ Unleaded 97 or Synergy Supreme+ 99Boustrophedon wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 4:10 pmWhy is my petrol wet I hear you ask? Because I am going to add water to it to separate the ethanol from the petrol.
So I need something to perform the function of a separating funnel, but bigger and cheaper and not made of glass; can anyone suggest something?
I then need to make sure that there is no water in the petrol, so I need a way of doing that, like a column full of anhydrous magnesium sulphate or summat; is this really necessary? Any suggestions?
Why am I doing all this? Because E10 petrol is right buggering up my garden machinery, corroding the carbs all to buggery. So I need decent petrol without ethanol, but not gallons.
I am aware that 'garden equipment petrol' is available but at £30/gallon I think not.
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
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ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
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Re: Wet Petrol
FootnoteGfamily wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 4:17 pmAn article from March '21 suggests that Esso still sell ethanol free petrol if you can get Esso Synergy Supreme+ Unleaded 97 or Synergy Supreme+ 99
https://www.esso.co.uk/en-gb/fuels/petrolEsso wrote:Although our pumps have E5 labels on them, our Synergy Supreme+ 99 is actually ethanol free (except, due to technical supply reasons, in Devon, Cornwall, North Wales, North England and Scotland). Legislation requires us to place these E5 labels on pumps that dispense unleaded petrol with ‘up to 5% ethanol’, including those that contain no ethanol, which is why we display them on our Synergy Supreme+ 99 pumps.
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Re: Wet Petrol
Have you got plans for the ethanol?
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Re: Wet Petrol
Not really, because by the time I extract it, it will be diluted with water and contaminated with petrol. Can't drink it, can't burn it. Pour it away seems only option.
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Fair dos, drinking and burning were my only ideas too.
Presumably distilling it back to a higher concentration would be a nono?
Presumably distilling it back to a higher concentration would be a nono?
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Seems unnecessarily polluting. A good argument for going electric.Boustrophedon wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 8:39 pmNot really, because by the time I extract it, it will be diluted with water and contaminated with petrol. Can't drink it, can't burn it. Pour it away seems only option.
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Yeah but what about all the pollution from disposing of the old ones and manufacturing the new ones eh eh?
(AIUI there's actually a decent argument for scrapping fossil cars early, but I don't know if it applies to lawnmowers.)
(AIUI there's actually a decent argument for scrapping fossil cars early, but I don't know if it applies to lawnmowers.)
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Re: Wet Petrol
Getting tiresome now.Grumble wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 11:05 pmSeems unnecessarily polluting. A good argument for going electric.Boustrophedon wrote: ↑Fri May 20, 2022 8:39 pmNot really, because by the time I extract it, it will be diluted with water and contaminated with petrol. Can't drink it, can't burn it. Pour it away seems only option.
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Re: Wet Petrol
I'm screwed, or rather my MX-5's engine is screwed, if Italy switches to E10. It's currently still at E5 and when I went to Slovakia, which is E10, I avoided filling up there at all.
having that swing is a necessary but not sufficient condition for it meaning a thing
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Owners in the US have been driving MX-5s (well, Miatas) on E10 for years without issue. Also super unleaded, in the UK at least, is remaining E5. I use that in my older Mk1 MX-5 since I supercharged it and it needs the high octane stuff.
Re: Wet Petrol
Our camper van is based on a Japanese import '96 model Toyota MPV, and we've not been able to get a definitive view on whether E10 is OK or not.
So far we avoid E10 where we can, but if that's the only option we'll take it.
France moved to E10 before us, where it's done most of its driving and no signs of a problem so far.
So far we avoid E10 where we can, but if that's the only option we'll take it.
France moved to E10 before us, where it's done most of its driving and no signs of a problem so far.
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
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Re: Wet Petrol
US and EU spec cars are often built a bit different though - different regulations (particularly around emissions, which are different in different states), different fuels, different ambient temps.
Audis over here have red rear turn signals, for example. Although amber is entirely legal (and what's on my Toyota and Subaru)
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True, but people in the UK MX-5 owners club have tried in vain to find any difference in the fuel systems of American, European and Japanese models. All the same part numbers etc. Only the advice varies between regions.
I'm reminded that the original model has a cambelt rated for 60,000 miles everywhere in the world except California where it's rated for 100,000 miles. It's not a different belt; CA just had a law saying cambelts ought to last 100,000 miles so Mazda said "Okay, it will".
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All MX-5s are built in Hiroshima, there isn't any local US or European production, so it makes sense that there isn't much regional variation.Martin Y wrote: ↑Sat May 21, 2022 4:13 pmTrue, but people in the UK MX-5 owners club have tried in vain to find any difference in the fuel systems of American, European and Japanese models. All the same part numbers etc. Only the advice varies between regions.
I'm reminded that the original model has a cambelt rated for 60,000 miles everywhere in the world except California where it's rated for 100,000 miles. It's not a different belt; CA just had a law saying cambelts ought to last 100,000 miles so Mazda said "Okay, it will".
The 1998 engines in the NB, which I suppose aren't that different from the original NA engines, aren't officially certified for E10; the 2005 NC engines definitely are.
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Lawn mowers are an example of Non-Road Mobile Machinery (NRMM), and subject to pretty recent and specific NRMM regulations and emission standards. Oh, the delightful things I get to research with my job....
NRMM are a substantial source of pollution. They tend to have more primitive engines than road vehicles, and not be subject to the same intensity of inspection and maintenance regimes. So they tend to run badly and chuck out disproportionate amounts of nasty pollution. Obviously the biggest problem is with construction sites and industrial sites. So you may have increasingly noticed temporary electricity substations being constructed even in places like footways and roadways next to large construction sites, so that mechanical activities on those sites can be powered by mains electricity, rather than sooty diesel generators and liquid fuelled power tools.
Practical electric lawnmowers for anything other than handkerchief-sized and putting-green smooth lawns were little available when I got my petrol mower 20-odd years ago. Which has been very reliable. Maybe because I change its oil and spark plug and clean its filter from time to time. But it seems that electric mowers have moved on a long way since then. It would make environmental sense to move on to an electric one in due course.
NRMM are a substantial source of pollution. They tend to have more primitive engines than road vehicles, and not be subject to the same intensity of inspection and maintenance regimes. So they tend to run badly and chuck out disproportionate amounts of nasty pollution. Obviously the biggest problem is with construction sites and industrial sites. So you may have increasingly noticed temporary electricity substations being constructed even in places like footways and roadways next to large construction sites, so that mechanical activities on those sites can be powered by mains electricity, rather than sooty diesel generators and liquid fuelled power tools.
Practical electric lawnmowers for anything other than handkerchief-sized and putting-green smooth lawns were little available when I got my petrol mower 20-odd years ago. Which has been very reliable. Maybe because I change its oil and spark plug and clean its filter from time to time. But it seems that electric mowers have moved on a long way since then. It would make environmental sense to move on to an electric one in due course.
Re: Wet Petrol
The big cost of electric mowers is in the batteries. But you can use the same batteries across multiple pieces of garden equipment (leaf blower, strimmer, mulcher, pole saw, chain saw), and other equipment (pressure washer, car vacuum, snow-blower), so if you pick a fairly comprehensive and reliable system, you can add stuff as you need to for less than the cost of petrol powered equipment, as you don't need to buy the batteries with every piece.
I'm looking at an electric mower for the next time our petrol mower refuses to start reliably, and will add an electric snow-blower that shares the same batteries before winter, so we aren't stuck with the ancient and extremely noisy and rusty snowblower for another winter.
I'm looking at an electric mower for the next time our petrol mower refuses to start reliably, and will add an electric snow-blower that shares the same batteries before winter, so we aren't stuck with the ancient and extremely noisy and rusty snowblower for another winter.
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Electric building sites sound nice. Must be quieter by comparison.
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https://youtu.be/OJtzuZIO-88Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 8:38 amElectric building sites sound nice. Must be quieter by comparison.
Hope this link goes to the right point in the video, if not the relevant segment starts at 15:32
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Quiet enough to do a piece to camera in front of a digger - wow!Grumble wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:21 amhttps://youtu.be/OJtzuZIO-88Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 8:38 amElectric building sites sound nice. Must be quieter by comparison.
Hope this link goes to the right point in the video, if not the relevant segment starts at 15:32
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It’s a fairly small dig site, can’t see it working for a big building construction, but there are loads of small digs that happen.Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:33 amQuiet enough to do a piece to camera in front of a digger - wow!Grumble wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 9:21 amhttps://youtu.be/OJtzuZIO-88Bird on a Fire wrote: ↑Wed May 25, 2022 8:38 amElectric building sites sound nice. Must be quieter by comparison.
Hope this link goes to the right point in the video, if not the relevant segment starts at 15:32
Cities are gonna be so much nicer after The Transition.
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now I sin till ten past three
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Re: Wet Petrol
as an aside, I keep interpreting the thread title as "Snow Patrol after a thaw"
My avatar was a scientific result that was later found to be 'mistaken' - I rarely claim to be 100% correct
ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
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ETA 5/8/20: I've been advised that the result was correct, it was the initial interpretation that needed to be withdrawn
Meta? I'd say so!