E10 petrol and garden machinery

HPMan · 01-07-2021 07:56PM #1

Hi all

with the upcoming E10 petrol being the "new" unleaded, how will it work / be safe to use in mowers etc?

I have a few items;

Mower with Honda GX620 (V-Twin) engine

Mower with Honda GCVx 200 engine

Strimmer Stihl FS85 2 stroke mix engine

Aldi Power washer Workzone Platinium + model

Does anyone know if these can safely run E10 petrol?

Any info welcomed

Regards

mrmeindl · 30-04-2023 10:55AM

Just bumping this thread as E10 has started to come out of the pumps now, my practice so far for a oleomac strimmer & chainsaw is to run them dry and I only buy 5 liters of petrol at a time so I don't have any petrol laying around for more than a few weeks.

mrmeindl · 30-04-2023 10:57AM

Sales people where I bought them were showing me the aspen stuff which is shockingly expensive, can someone let me know what the best practice should be? Do I need to start putting fuel stabiliser into the petrol as I get it?

magicbastarder · 30-04-2023 11:13AM

just did a bit of googling on this - apparently it's at much higher concentrations of ethanol that you'd start to see problems, but stihl state "However, petrol with an ethanol content of more than 10% can cause running problems in engines with a manually adjustable carburetor so should not be used in such engines."

that's a tiny bit vague - how much more than 10%?

orion50 · 03-06-2023 07:39PM

Hi folks

Woods have a good deal on a 2 stroke multi-colour strimmer hedge cutter chain saw . Will this work OK with E10 petrol?

E10 petrol and garden machinery

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