Thread: 51 MG restoration.

You are correct Roy.
Damn liberals slipped up to 10% ethanol into my ultra 94 last year while I wasn’t looking.
Apparently you cannot get ethanol free in Canada any longer.
Will see if there is a difference in the car aside from slight clean gains.
More pop. I’ll take it and pay for it all day.
Cheers.

Originally Posted by MikeB52

You are correct Roy.
Damn liberals slipped up to 10% ethanol into my ultra 94 last year while I wasn’t looking.
Apparently you cannot get ethanol free in Canada any longer.
Will see if there is a difference in the car aside from slight clean gains.
More pop. I’ll take it and pay for it all day.
Cheers.

I know nothing about engines, but I do know you can buy ethanol-free 91 Octane fuel at Home Hardware, RONA and stores that sell small engine supplies or chainsaws. It is recommended for those small engine machines by the techs I spoke to. The price is more than $8/L.

i buy the small premixed fuel cans from Rona or the like on occasion for the chainsaw and weed whacker, but at 8$/. Not too often.
Don’t think the 10% ethanol will be as much, if any issue with the new carbs I installed and hope to eat up what’s in the tank this weekend since the weather is supposed to be nice after a few wet cool days.

The 2002 Ford E250 I retired a few years ago developed an issue after turning 300k mi. Turns out it was a fuel/air mix due to injection issues but it began puffing white smoke like a busted water jacket. Because of the rich mixture the ethanol acted like water in the mix. Making the white smoke. That was a 2002 and not a vehicle over 50 years older so I would hesitate to say it will make little to no difference in the performance.