Bigvtwin996
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Well some people have often experienced poor hot starting, often put down to fuel vaporization.... Given how hot other countries I for one wonder if this is really the case.......
However a comment in another thread regarding the move to 10% Ethanol fuel in the foreseeable future prompted me to do some geeky research along the lines of something I had heard....
We know the effects of Ethanol on fuel lines, but what happens when we move to 10%? I had heard that there were "anti Ethanol" additives, but these are quite expensive and could push up yur fuel price by up to 30%...
Reading on one of the Classic car sites.. something like the Association of British Classic cars or similar (I am sure some one will know the exact site)... I found an interesting little snippet (also a listing of the materials affected by the Ethanol addition)... The various additives to modern fuel lower the boiling point considerably, thus potentially causing potential vaporisation, so moving to 10% would aggravate this further....
However an interesting solution could exist.....
Not exactly legal in terms of fuel taxation...
10% addition of Kerosene, apparently raises the boiling point....
too much Kerosene has detrimental affects.....
If I can find the article I will post a link or if anyone else can please post...
Could be a useful thing to try....
Perhaps a long term Fiat 500 tester may have a look...
If people worry about Kerosene, remember many Air-planes fly on it and their engines are a bit more sensitive than Fiat 500s...
Here you go... a worthwhile read..
https://www.fbhvc.co.uk/fuels
However a comment in another thread regarding the move to 10% Ethanol fuel in the foreseeable future prompted me to do some geeky research along the lines of something I had heard....
We know the effects of Ethanol on fuel lines, but what happens when we move to 10%? I had heard that there were "anti Ethanol" additives, but these are quite expensive and could push up yur fuel price by up to 30%...
Reading on one of the Classic car sites.. something like the Association of British Classic cars or similar (I am sure some one will know the exact site)... I found an interesting little snippet (also a listing of the materials affected by the Ethanol addition)... The various additives to modern fuel lower the boiling point considerably, thus potentially causing potential vaporisation, so moving to 10% would aggravate this further....
However an interesting solution could exist.....
Not exactly legal in terms of fuel taxation...
10% addition of Kerosene, apparently raises the boiling point....
too much Kerosene has detrimental affects.....
If I can find the article I will post a link or if anyone else can please post...
Could be a useful thing to try....
Perhaps a long term Fiat 500 tester may have a look...
If people worry about Kerosene, remember many Air-planes fly on it and their engines are a bit more sensitive than Fiat 500s...
Here you go... a worthwhile read..
https://www.fbhvc.co.uk/fuels
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