Gasohol 95

[Darren palmer]

Hi guys, anybody on here run there bikes on Gasohol 95 for any length of time ?
i live in thailand so ive been running my GSX1400 on benzene ( standard unleaded ) but its only 1 in 8 fuel station than sell it over here, ive used Gasohol 95 a few times when ive been stuck and the old girl has been ok, I'm just worried about the O-rings in the fuel system, ive fitted in the last few weeks an uprated fuel pump and the company told me it was ok to use this pump with Gasohol.
any feed back would be appreciated .

[VladTepes]

No idea what you mean by gasohol as its not a term used here BUT I suspect that its a 95 RON petrol / ethanol blend.
Personally I have avoided blended fuels at all costs. These bikes were never designed with that fuel in mind and IMHO there's just too much potential risk.


Is there another generally available non-ethanol fuel - eg 98RON petrol ?

[KiwiCol]

Gasohol (91 & 95) is indeed 10% Ethanol.  Same as your E10 Mike.

[Andre]

Terminologies are confusing to say the least, as they are more or less different from country to country.

As Darren says that he usually runs his bike on standard unleaded (assuming this to be petrol, gasoline, Benzin,  น้ำมันเบนซิน ?) and is now concerned that gasohol will damage the fuel system. Looking up gasohol I read that it is a mixture of 9 parts petrol and one part ethanol. That would be 10% ethanol in the fuel.

The following statement from http://www.suzukimotorcycles.com.au/faqs is very clear: "Warning: Suzuki Australia strongly recommends that you do not use fuels containing ethanol."

www.fcai.com.au (link provided by Suzuki Australia) says something different though, but I would disregard that.

My 14 only get's ethanol free drinks as drinking and riding won't mix

[T 24]

We have two gasolines here in Finland, 95 E 10 and 98 E 5. I used both of them before turbo engine and I didnt notice any difference and didnt have any problems. Now I use only 98 E 5, due to octane number.

[VladTepes]

I knew a guy who destroyed the engine in his Land Rover Discovery using Ethanol.  The station had told him he could with his model,. so he did.
And when it all went to shit they basically denied everything and he was left with a large bill.
That would suck hey.

[Andre]

Just looked at the German Suzuki site. How opinions can differ! Unlike Suzuki Australia they deem all bikes 2002 on upwards to be save with E10. Take your pick 

Save does NOT equal good! The engine and FI-system has been designed for gasoline without added ethanol. Depending on circumstances you can have more or less phase separation. Meaning that ethanol binds water and when ethanol is saturated with it, it will separate from the gasoline, fall out of the gasoline and collect at the lowest point of the tank. When that happens you will be riding on ethanol/water mix. Chances of this to happen are higher in humid Thailand than in the Australian desert.

What can you do if you have water in the tank? Dump ethanol in it Seriously! The ethanol will bind the water. Then dump the mix, maybe flush once more with ethanol, dump it again, fill up with ethanol-free gasoline and off you go

[Mick_J]

Don't have much choice here, all fuel is at least 5% ethanol and most are 10% with the exception of Esso super unleaded (for now).

[Andre]

That's a world wide trend and seems to be getting worse Maybe someone will develop a home distill to get rid of the alc. Otherwise DIY