CRAP!!!

[remo2k9]

lol i jst read the gs500 owners manual and it says DO NOT USE any petrol that has more then 5% methanol in them and it says something bout ur bike being wrekced.... I HAVE once filled up 2 liters of E10 Petrol b4 which is 10% ethanoll.... has this already harmed my bike??? if so in which way and are ther ways to clean / repair them? =(

[johnny ro]

I stumbled across that too, then remembered methanol and ethanol are indeed two different things. E10 has ethanol not methanol

[remo2k9]

i c    thanks xD

[The Buddha]

Right, methanol causes blindness and even death.
Ethanol just causes you to get drunk.
So yes dont drink and drive.
Cool.
Buddha.

[tt_four]

ie. stop farting in your gas tank.

[ver4]

Yeah....there's a pretty big difference between methanol and ethanol.  Both have a different number of Carbon molecules (ie. methanol has 1 Carbon and ethanol has 2 Carbon, different boiling points and melting points, etc.

[GAS]

And for sure it doesn't hurt your bike.

Here down south in Brazil we use 24~27% of ethanol mixed with gas, and it runs perfect! With a crappy mileage, but runs ok!

[mister]

If you're talking about the Owner's Manual I've made available as a PDF, you'll see on section 3.2 (page 30) it talks about Ethanol at 10% and Methanol at 5% (if the methanol contains co-solvents and corrosion inhibitors) otherwise Fuel System Damage may occur.

And while we're on this...

Disregarding the argument about Standard vs Premium, *I* use premium where I can. Anyway. The most convenient place for me to fill up was at a 7/11 gas station. Suddenly they removed their premium and replaced it with E10. When I asked the attendant said, "It's the same as premium, just check out Shell's website." So I switched to BP - a little further to travel but still on my way to work. Since using BP Premium I noticed a marked improvement in mileage, though haven't tried BP Standard. That will be after the next couple of fills as I had to use 7/11 standard early one morning (only one open at that time) so my mileage went down immediately and now wait for the 7/11 gas to be diluted with the good gas.

As a curiosity, has anyone else noticed different performance based on which Brand of gas used?

Michael

[Kaizer]

Yes. Over the years citgo was worst and mobil or chevron the best. At least in Florida.

[jeremy_nash]

As a curiosity, has anyone else noticed different performance based on which Brand of gas used?

Michael

I see around a 5 - 6 mpg drop when I use fuel with ethanol.  but there is only 1 gas station near me that has fuel without ethanol