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[Rangie]

Usually try to stick with BP Ultimate diesel in the Range Rover, the previous owner said he never used supermarket fuel in it , I don't do a great amount of miles in it 5-6 thousand a year so the extra few quid doesn't make a lot of difference.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Diesel is good!                                                       

Well I missed that memo... 

Thousands of satisfied cement mixer owners can't be wrong.

The owners of 'Mr Whippy' vans are also fond of derv.

As it belches out poisonous black diesel fumes at idle some customers fail to live long enough to enjoy their 99 with 2 flakes.

[Rangie]

How about petrol mowers , will they be able to use E10 ?

[dave the builder]

How about petrol mowers , will they be able to use E10 ?

E5 or E10
just drain ALL petrol from the tank and float bowl* to winterise the machine

*some mowers don't have a float bowl ,just a diaphragm, so run till no gogo juice is left.

always fill with fresh petrol in at the start of mowing season 

[Sir Tigger KC]

How about petrol mowers , will they be able to use E10 ?

I don't think older ones can. 

We'll see in the spring when Lord Opti starts his annual My Mower Won't Start thread and it turns out he left it full of E10 all winter! 

[chrisr]

The sceptic in me wonders if they’ll just start putting the old E5 petrol in the Super Unleaded tanks and hike up the price - currently £1.50+ a litre round here. Do we have a definitive answer to whether the 2.2 can use E10 without damage?

[Doctor Gollum]

The sceptic in me wonders if they’ll just start putting the old E5 petrol in the Super Unleaded tanks and hike up the price - currently £1.50+ a litre round here. Do we have a definitive answer to whether the 2.2 can use E10 without damage?

For the 4,587,965th time...

Yes the 2.2 Omega petrol engine will run fine on it.

[Lizzie Zoom]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

[dave the builder]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

where is this "private , downhill ,180 mile long motorway" you speak of        

[Nick W]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

where is this "private , downhill ,180 mile long motorway" you speak of        

the M20 after junction 7 is good for that.


M40 north of Marlow?


Eastern end of the M5 was pretty good last time I went that way.


It's only the cameras that prevent you making progress on the M25 outside of the rush hours.

[VXL V6]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

I don't think any grade / mixture of petrol would have much if any effect in just 200 miles.

How come you only get 27.9 MPG when doing 98% motorway driving?

[Kevin Wood]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

I don't think any grade / mixture of petrol would have much if any effect in just 200 miles.

How come you only get 27.9 MPG when doing 98% motorway driving?

90 mph

That'd do it.

[VXL V6]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

I don't think any grade / mixture of petrol would have much if any effect in just 200 miles.

How come you only get 27.9 MPG when doing 98% motorway driving?

90 mph

That'd do it.

Seem to find both my 3.2's have the same fuel consumption at 'any' of the motorway speeds and it's better than that.

[Nick W]

My 3.2 had a full tank of E10 and did 200 miles of 98% motorway driving, up to 90 mph and returned 27.9 mpg without issue.

No Omega requires E5 fuel in my opinion, no more than they needed super unleaded.

I don't think any grade / mixture of petrol would have much if any effect in just 200 miles.

How come you only get 27.9 MPG when doing 98% motorway driving?

90 mph

That'd do it.

Seem to find both my 3.2's have the same fuel consumption at 'any' of the motorway speeds and it's better than that.

My 3.0l was the same; constant 70 or 100mph you had to go a long way(more than a tankful of fuel, so well over 400 miles) to notice a difference in the economy.

[Doctor Gollum]

Norwich to the New Forest. 5 hours and 26.8mpg from the Barge. (Including M40/A404/M4/A34 to avoid spending 90  minutes to get from Junction 16 to 12 on the M25*).

On E10 

*the Dartford queue started at the A10.