E10 Fuel

[Bay Leaf]

Hi has anyone experienced any problems, engine warning lights etc since E10 fuel has been on the market.

 

[sl500amgsport]

Hi has anyone experienced any problems, engine warning lights etc since E10 fuel has been on the market.

Not yet....

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[A.J.]

Yes I have, I have the amber engine light on at the moment. I hadn’t linked it to E10 but you could be right. I am in no way mechanically minded but I thought it was a Nox sensor playing up. Could that be a by product of E10 ?

 

[LostKiwi]

Been using it regularly since 2013 on our trips to France and not struck any issues, even in the Smart Roadster which is very fuel fussy.
It runs 21psi boost so really prefers 99 octane but will run ok on 95 and E10 doesn't bother it.

 

[Chrishazle]

Been using E10 stickered 95RON unleaded in my SLK since it came in, haven't done many miles on it so far but have yet to notice any difference. According to MB the SLK is OK with E10 - however I would not have used it in my previous 92MY 968 cab as the fuel lines were not suitable, plus the car ran so much better on 98-99RON and for the mileage I did the price difference was un-noticable!

 

[noonboots]

Along with most of the motoring population I've not noticed any difference in either of our two cars (SL500 and BMW X1) since running on E10 fuel. Could it be that cars that have had problems since running on E10 would have had problems anyway? At some point in its life every car will have a problem, from now on will it always be the fault of the fuel?

 

[sonic]

My Yamaha FJR1300 is the only petrol vehicle I own, & I haven't noticed any difference in preformance or economy.

 

[Bay Leaf]

As an add on here, my fuel consumption has dropped since using E10

 

[Craiglxviii]

As an add on here, my fuel consumption has dropped since using E10

Noticed zero change here.

 

[oigle]

Been using it for years here in Oz. No noticeable difference in performance or economy. Always difficult to create an exact like for like to compare really. There are always variables.

 

[Bay Leaf]

Along with most of the motoring population I've not noticed any difference in either of our two cars (SL500 and BMW X1) since running on E10 fuel. Could it be that cars that have had problems since running on E10 would have had problems anyway? At some point in its life every car will have a problem, from now on will it always be the fault of the fuel?

It seems in my particular case it is something to do with the fuel. Since using E10 I get warning lights coming on ( not all the time ) but now I'm using E5 in particular Tesco Momentum, No warning lights or codes. Unless it's one of the sensors that's faulty and picking up the Ethanol content in the fuel.

 

[Blobcat]

I filled the SLK on Wednesday and put superunleaded in at Costco I've done the same at Tesco on the bike today... Not by planning, because I wasn't thinking...

Costco wasn't too bad at 159ppl Tesco was 168 thankfully don't need that much in the bike...

 

[Chrishazle]

I planned to use Moventum or similar in my SLK (as I did with the 968 cab), but a good mate who is a decent mechanic said it was a waste of money as the SLK280 was fine with E10, so I've continued using regular unleaded. Have not yet noticed any problem, but then I've hardly used the car this year - until tomorrow when I head for Finchdean and Benz on the Green (MBClub GTG), about 2-2 1/2 hours drive away! I also give each tankful 1/2 bottle of Holts injector cleaner, don't know if that makes any difference, but as long as my stocks last and Tesco sell it at £2/bottle (for 2 tank fulls) I'll continue using it!

 

[Robbierob]

Hi has anyone experienced any problems, engine warning lights etc since E10 fuel has been on the market.

I was just about to ask a similar question, since using E10 my Nox sensor has failed on a car that's only 5 years old either less than 50k on the clock, us there something in the fuel that is shortening the life of the sensor, MB want 396 +VAT + Fitting, wanted yo check here to see if anyone else has had a problem.

 

[Bay Leaf]

Has it completely failed or are you getting a code and the engine warning light on. If it's the latter do as I did and put some E5 of your choice in then do about 5 miles or so to get the new fuel through the system reset the ECU if you have code reader and see what happens. It's worth a try before you spend a chunk of money on a sensor.

 

[A.J.]

I was just about to ask a similar question, since using E10 my Nox sensor has failed on a car that's only 5 years old either less than 50k on the clock, us there something in the fuel that is shortening the life of the sensor, MB want 396 +VAT + Fitting, wanted yo check here to see if anyone else has had a problem.

I had a couple of fills with E10 and the pointers are a failed Nox sensor. My car is also just 5 years old and has only got 17,000mls on it. I have gone back to E5 now. This is the second time this has happened with E10, last time the engine management went out on it's own but this time it has remained on. Going in for a service this coming week so should have a better idea later in the week.

 

[alexanderfoti]

NoX sensors fail for a pastime, had a few that are on second or even third sensors so attributing it to e10 would be difficult.