Fuel containers for ethanol blend (10%)?

[Toaster]

Information from http://www.suzukimotorcycles.com.au/faqs.html


Q: Can I use Ethanol blend fuels in my Suzuki Motorcycle?
A: Ethanol has a number of important chemical and physical properties that need to be considered. Firstly, ethanol has an affinity to water that may result in corrosion of fuel system components. Water in the fuel supply may result in poor engine performance and any corrosion could ultimately render the engine inoperable. Vehicles with carburetor fuel systems may suffer hot fuel handling concerns if the base fuel is not chemically adjusted when blended and the probability of vapor lock or hot restart problems will increase as a consequence. Even though newer Suzukis are engineered to reasonably tolerate use of ethanol blended fuels as may be outlined in the Owner’s Manual, because it may potentially impact the proper performance of your motorcycle, Suzuki Australia does not recommend its use.

[blackdog]

Biofuels are an absolute crock.

what about biodiesel made from the oil from the local chippy? how does that force marginal land into production and drive up food prices?

[SMOKEU]

For a better taste i would recommend distilling your own if you miss the colour get parfait amour essence from your home brew store

You're onto it.

[Flip]

what about biodiesel made from the oil from the local chippy? how does that force marginal land into production and drive up food prices?

Well it doesn't as it as a food crop to start with. The farmers love the stuff as they have to do crop rotation to prevent the soil becoming damaged. So they plant one wheat, one barley and one brassica (rape) in rotation. Currently the price for rape (Canola oil) is the same per hectare as wheat and barley. So the farmers have another cash crop that they can plant. Their balance sheet looks better and over time it will keep the farms profitable and will help to keep the other food crop prices down.

Those plastic PE fuel containers are fine for E10.