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X-11 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 8:52 am Post subject: Ethanol Blend Fuels

guys, wanna share my eperience with ethanol blend fuels particularly that of shell. the car in use is a 2004 xtrail 200x. pansin ko lang parang tumaas yung idling ko. nag-oover 1k rpm siya that definitely equates to higher fuel consumption on my part. before kasi happy ako with velocity then decided last sunday to try shell's e10 blend. and one more thing during morning start ups parang tagal ma-reach ng engine ko yung time na bumaba na yung rpm nya (before i hit the road). any same exoperience?
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ILD - X14 · Site Admin Joined: 05 Jun 2006 Posts: 417

Approved na ba E10 ng Nissan Phil? AFAIK, I remember them releasing a statement that is ok but not recommended or something like that.

I use Shell super unleaded, wala namang tope.

X2 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:15 am Post subject:

The government has announced about the E10 before and from what i know, newer models can take the 10% ethanol and there should be no problem but I haven't tried it though.

X-11 · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:15 am Post subject:

ganun ba. baka baby'zilla can enlighten us on this.
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baby'zilla · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:30 am Post subject:

to be honest, i havent tried it, nor do i know of anyone else who has. as far as the plant goes, parng wala naman feedback na they do not recommend use of this, as long as the octane rating is the same.

regarding the increase in idle speed, thats usually a symptom of a lean air-fuel mixture. better have it checked at your nissan dealer just to be sure... Wink

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Conan · Consultant Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 222

Shell's E10 is only 93 octane. Buti pa yun Seaoil Extreme is 97 octane. It's really a risk to be using these fuels though as it could have long term effects on the fuel lines and gas tank.
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chubibo · Posted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:09 pm Post subject: e10

tried shell e10 once pero 500 pesos worth lang and i still had about 1/4 tank of shell unleaded. i have a 4x2. did not feel any differnce like conan did. baka kasi sobrang konti?

wkeng122 · PR Officer Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 516

had an inquiry from the plant re: the E10 so far its they claim that it is safe to use to all of our nissan units. no reports yet on the performance or how it does to the engine..

X-11 · Posted: Wed Jul 12, 2006 5:41 pm Post subject:

Just an update on my e10 methanol blend use. Laki ng nilakas ng consumption ko compared to the time when I was using velocity(v-power).

Conan: Have you tried shell's v-power? How is it compared to seaoil?
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Conan · Consultant Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 222

X2 · Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2006 9:02 pm Post subject:

nope, i haven't tried it yet. Just had a discussion with my cousin who works for petron. E10 will be available soon from petron. As for the consumption, not yet sure of the effects that will happen to our ride. As for your inquiry conan about why was blaze's octane rating reduced from 97 to 96, it's actually because of the .5 ingredient that can carcinogenic problems. that's why the octane was reduced to 96.5 to be exact.

Conan · Consultant Joined: 31 May 2006 Posts: 222

X2 · Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:21 pm Post subject:

You're welcome and by the way for those who might want to know the difference between V-power and Velocity, they're both the same, it's just a re-launch of the velocity Laughing

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basher · Newbie Joined: 12 May 2009 Posts: 4

Hi guys, I hope I can get some recommendations re: fuel..

My Xty 2005 is used to Petron Xtra Unleaded, 93 octane which was what I believe is recommended for the Xty engine.

Yesterday I went to petron for a refill and found that they stopped selling their Xtra unleaded gasoline and replaced it with E10 which was 95 octane.

They recommended XCS which was at the same octane level as of the E10 which I eventually decided to use.

Though napansin ko lang na I can't feel the engine pulling in but I can get to a much higher speed faster.. yun lang nga, mas malakas din ung consumption ko compared to the unleaded.

Anyone using the same Petron unleaded? What other gasoline do you recommend?

is it safe to just change brands right away for example using caltex's unleaded gas? or anything that is of 93 octane?

sorry, am quite a noob at this.. thanks for your future help.