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    Ethanol in the van

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    I OWN a 1974 Ford Escort panel van and would like to know if I can use the ethanol petrol now available. What additives can be used in getting more kilometres per litre with standard unleaded petrol?
    Answered by CarsGuide
    27 March 2008
    Graham Smith

    THERE shouldn't be any problem in running your car on ethanol-blend petrol, as long as you understand it is still an unleaded petrol and needs the same sort of valve protection it needs on unleaded. The ethanol blends we are seeing are low in ethanol and there's generally no problem with them. It's only when you get to quite high blends that you could encounter problems. In terms of increasing fuel consumption, I don't know of any additive that will increase your fuel consumption on standard unleaded petrol.

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