[brianmarinus]

Hi!
I am new in here-Brian,from denmark,but living in Thailand.
Now the goverment have removed all Gasolin in Thailand,any one know if it goes whit gasoholic 95 octan on my Honda CBR 250cc-2011 model?
brianmarinus

 

[Stichill]

Hello Brian,

If the amount of ethanol is too high in the gasahol, it can be dangerous for small engines.

Do you know what percentage (%) of ethanol is in the gasahol? For example:

• 95% gasoline / 5% ethanol
• 90% gasoline / 10% ethanol
• 85% gasoline / 15% ethanol

 

[Redline]

Brian,

Gasohol in Thailand is fine for the CBR250R. Only older 2-strokes and carb'd engines need the Benzine. 4-stroke fuel-injected models run perfectly on Gasohol here.

You might experience some engine knocking/detonation/pinging with 91 Octane. So best to use 95. This has nothing to do with the gasohol, but with the octane rating.

Caltex are known is the best gas in Thailand through surveys. Followed by Esso.

Gasohol 95 is perfectly okay.

 

[lenbrinke]

when i was a youngster down in fla,right above tampa in hudson
we used that corn made stuff for over a year in
our cb4oo's and alike bikes.i thought it ran great and never
had a problem with running it.
i agree with Redline in not using in 2 strokes.

 

[brianmarinus]

Hello Brian,

If the amount of ethanol is too high in the gasahol, it can be dangerous for small engines.

Do you know what percentage (%) of ethanol is in the gasahol? For example:

• 95% gasoline / 5% ethanol
• 90% gasoline / 10% ethanol
• 85% gasoline / 15% ethanol

Just read a litle about it,and they say that 95 octan is 10% ethanol.

 

[Redline]

Gasohol 91 and 95 are 10% Ethanol.

E20 is 20%.

Don't use E20.

 

[Stichill]

I've been reading that 10% ethanol is safe but 15% or higher can cause engine damage.

 

[Tyrian]

In all cases it's not very good for the engine; the gasoline deteriorates faster and leaves more 'waste' in the engine; on the long term all forms of E are damaging.

 

[Redline]

^ Simply using the engine is 'damaging'.

 

[Tyrian]

^ Simply using the engine is 'damaging'.

I'll reframe it as 'more damaging' than petrol without ethanol, mkay.

 

[Redline]

Mkay.



Using the engine is more damaging than not using the engine.

 

[Stichill]

Ethanol has a propensity to absorb water from the atmosphere, which can create corrosive chemistries in the fuel system, especially if the engine sits unused for a long period of time. The ethanol can also more aggressively attack rubber and other materials. Since ethanol contains less thermal energy per unit volume than gasoline, fuel efficiency and vehicle range is reduced. Ethanol has a more pronounced cooling effect on engine parts as well, which may result in the engine running at a lower temperature than it was designed to.