Is it a special oil for the Granada LSD, can't seem to find a definitive spec.

Dave

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Been a while but heres where im at now

Quote from: dave73 on July 08, 2025, 09:57:02 That's both E10 & E5, I thought E5 was safe.

Dave

Nope. E5 has the same problems. There are more organic components in it, the ethanol, and bacteria grow in that. This not only makes the gasoline go bad faster, it also makes the gasoline acidic, causing tanks and fuel system parts to corrode and dissolve faster.

There are however by law E5 marked fuels that don't contain ethanol. Shell, Ok, Tamoil and Tinq in the Netherlands claim they don't use ethanol in there 98 ron fuels. For now that is. I don't know if its the same in the UK.

Even ethanol-free gasoline can degrade and go bad over time, though it generally has a longer shelf life (up to 1 year in optimal conditions) than gasoline with ethanol (6 weeks to 3 months). While ethanol-free gasoline is less prone to issues like water absorption, it can still oxidize but in a lesser degree as E fuels.

That's both E10 & E5, I thought E5 was safe.

Dave

Quote from: dave73 on July 07, 2025, 09:56:14 Ok, I suppose if your not using the car that much and the tank does go or one is not available, you could always make one out of stainless steel.

Dave

Or a plastic fuel tank.  Point is that the E marked fuels, when it goes bad and it stays in the fuel tank and fuel system, it make a big mess of the fuel tank and the rest of the fuel system. Plenty of cars that come out of storage each year that have bad fuel, corrodes the tank, leaking fuel lines and filters and in the worse case burn down because of this. You see this every spring. Since you are doing a car that stood still for 10 years this is a something i should mention.

Ok, I suppose if your not using the car that much and the tank does go or one is not available, you could always make one out of stainless steel.

Dave

Nope i would not use a coating. When E fuel goes bad it can get very aggressive and eat the zink inside the tank and starts to rust. Even a coating will dissolve over time.

I made a drain in my 20M and Capri tank in case of a longer storage time i can drain the tank. After that i can fill the tank with synthetic fuel. This fuel stays good for 3 years.

Petrol Tank arrived,

Not been treated inside, wondering whether I should still treat it?