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Ethanol added petrol

  • 31-08-2012 02:16PM
    #1
    mel.b
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    Just wondering if ethanol added petrol is common in Ireland? In Australia, you can get perrol with 10% ethanol and it is marked as such and is generally around 4 cents/l cheaper than standard petrol. The reason i'm wondering is that there is a petrol station in my town that is consistently cheaper than the others (by around 4c/l) and when i was filling up there today i noticed on the stand of the pump that it said 'with extra ethanol' (or could have been 'with added ethanol). A work collegue also commented she wasn't getting as much mileage when using petrol from that station so was just wondering about the %of ethanol used.


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  • #2
    biko
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    There was a time when you could get E85. It might still be available but for tax reasons it's not as attractive any more.


  • #3
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,722 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    Unleaded in all Maxol stations is 5% ethanol.

    It has a higher octane rating than normal unleaded but has a lower energy rating - a litre of E95 is 30.5 MJ (megajoules) vs. 31 MJ for a litre of normal unleaded so you would expect to use more petrol for a given distance.

    http://www.newsite.maxol.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=143&Itemid=279


  • #4
    Bandara
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,282 ✭✭✭Bandara


    Basically all stations sell E5 as standard


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