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bio ethanol what is it and can i run my disco 4 on it ??????

hi all

just filled up at morrisons cost me £86.00 Shocked

the pump next to me said bio ethanol on it, is this bio diesel and can the v6 3.0L disco 4 run on it

also i could not see any prices for it, does anyone know how much it costs per ltr

cheers shawn
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AFAIK, Bio ethanol is a petrol substitute, so putting it in your diesel..not a good idea. Bio diesel is widely available, this is made from recycled veg oil from chip shops etc. According to the D4 manual you can use upto 5% bio diesel mixed with "Regular" diesel.
  
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You need to be aware of adding 5% bio to diesel.
As I believe refineries can do this at source.
So you don't want to add 5% bio, as the diesel you are buying may already contain this 5%
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ronp wrote:
the diesel you are buying may already contain this 5%
Now up to 7%.

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ronp wrote:
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Closer then most, Ron, and way ahead of Land Rover who still think it is below 4%. Whistle
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Morrisons diesel already contains 5% chip fat.

Bio Eth is a petrol substitute, but even then the cars have to be designed to run on it.

Am always surprised lpg isnt much more popular than it is.

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Spoke to Shell customer services & all diesel sold by shell in europe has to have min 5% bio diesel by law, soon to rise to 7% as already mentioned. Strangely the regular unleaded contains typically NO ethanol whereas the sell a kidney/litre V-Power has typical 5% ethanol. It looks like that they are using cheap ethanol to increase the octane rating & charging handsomly for the privelige. You can't fault 'em for selling nowt for summat Shocked
  
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