F**king Emissions,F**king Mot\'s

[AussieRXFan]

Hey guys, has anyone tried the ethanol/metho trick. Would this do any damage to the engine, ie would it run red hot assuming that the higher alcohol content would burn at higher temps.
Would be interested to hear your thoughts
Cheers
Steve

[Fendamonky]

I believe there was a Swedish fellow who says he has done it quite a bit. Running a bit of Ethanol will not mess up your engine. I would highly suggest NOT running full ethanol though. I can\'t remember if the idea was gone into detail here or on FDUK.org (just walked back from the pub) but a 1/10 ratio WILL NOT injure your engine what so ever. As a matter of fact, ALL pumps in the U.S. are now running 10% ethanol in their petrol simply because it will help improve your emissions.

[chrno]

I am using it every time I mot. About 1 litre of ethanol to 10 liters of fuel is very good, If you feel scared about running with it you can just empty the rest of the fuel afterwards and just top it up with 99ron vpower. I just do the 1/10 ratio and fill it up full after the mot, works a charm All your HC and Co values will be more or less 0.

[Eddie]

who can I buy ethanol from?


Cheers

[shaunwil]

Don\'t the UK already use a % of ethanol in petrol already ? Or is that just E85 ?

Shaun

[COUNTZERO1978]

Can anyone tell me what the acceptable levels should be for a pass throughout?,my car is coming in at like 2.4 co level & theyre telling me the requirement is 0.30??? how the hell am i supposed to get down that far???.Are they doing something wrong? coz it sailed thru last year no probs at all??? with no changes since cept a slightly more free flowing exhaust

[chrno]

Ok. to clarify, when I say Ethanol, I mean e85 as one of the substances doing what I have stated. Ratio 1 litre e85 to 10 litres of fuel. Don\'t fill up the thank with more than 10 litres of 99ron or whatever you use when you apply the e85 since that will just take longer to get rid of. This will zero down your HC and CO values.

[leon]

I got away quite lightly this year, Car sailed through the test, except for tires! the tracking was out so the front two were goosed and rears were borderline :mad:  costly! but mechanicaly was great!!  i was a little surpised though as she has no rear fog :rollin

[rx7veilside]

counterzero unless ur car is a 92 onward uk car on 95 onward import then you only need 3.5co
imports up to 95 need only to have 3.5c0 so urs is fine unless as i stagted it is a 92 onward uk car or 95 onward import
take it to a different tester as they do not know what they are doing with regards the emmissions

[COUNTZERO1978]

Thanks i thought this was the case,fu**ing idiots,im having some agrument over this with them stating i nned paperwork to intimate the car is exempt & requires the old type test grrrrr!!

[rx7veilside]

just tell them to read their book but in my experience mot testers dont like to be told their job and probably feel a bit silly now and will dig their heels in