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E10 petrol phase-out

I recently read a story in your column about a girl with a Barina that had trouble with E10 petrol and in the story it was stated that regular unleaded petrol was being phased out in 2011. I know it is being phased out in New South Wales, but I don't know about other states. Can you tell me about them?

You're correct; it is being phased out in NSW in 2011. It is likely that it will also be phased out in Queensland once legislation is passed by the parliament there, but there's no timing for that yet. In all other states the situation will remain as it is at the moment. The changeover is going to be similar to that which happened when unleaded fuel replaced leaded fuel. BP guarantees its E10 fuel for all vehicles regardless of age; they say they find the additives   make no difference to the fuels. Caltex and Shell are likely to follow with similar guarantees.

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