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<blockquote data-quote="dullonien" data-source="post: 1054600" data-attributes="member: 13739"><p>Just checked, and E10 shouldn't be an issue even for my 20 y/o car. Seems like a no brainer to introduce this if it can reduce so much carbon. Appears as if a lot of the USA have been running it for decades!</p><p></p><p>While I'm replying to this thread, I did some more work on my car this past weekend. My alternator died last week - obvious whine, electrical burning smell + battery symbol flashing up on dash were all tell tail signs - so I changed that for another reconditioned Bosch unit, let's hope this one lasts longer than the 4.5 years/20k miles the last one did!</p><p></p><p>While I was there I also replaced the oil filter housing gasket. It was certainly due replacing as it had turned hard like plastic and came out in pieces. There was a lot of oil in that area so I'm hoping that was the cause of my bad oil leak. The other likely culprit is the sump gasket which is a mission to replace, so fingers crossed. </p><p></p><p>I also doused the engine in degreaser and carefully pressure washed it all over to remove all the old oil, changed the oil filter and put new oil in there again, so going to now keep an eye if any new drips develop from anywhere. I can then look at trying to clean my driveway which is a right state atm, although getting oil out of tarmac is almost impossible, so may need to think of re-finishing it somehow.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dullonien, post: 1054600, member: 13739"] Just checked, and E10 shouldn't be an issue even for my 20 y/o car. Seems like a no brainer to introduce this if it can reduce so much carbon. Appears as if a lot of the USA have been running it for decades! While I'm replying to this thread, I did some more work on my car this past weekend. My alternator died last week - obvious whine, electrical burning smell + battery symbol flashing up on dash were all tell tail signs - so I changed that for another reconditioned Bosch unit, let's hope this one lasts longer than the 4.5 years/20k miles the last one did! While I was there I also replaced the oil filter housing gasket. It was certainly due replacing as it had turned hard like plastic and came out in pieces. There was a lot of oil in that area so I'm hoping that was the cause of my bad oil leak. The other likely culprit is the sump gasket which is a mission to replace, so fingers crossed. I also doused the engine in degreaser and carefully pressure washed it all over to remove all the old oil, changed the oil filter and put new oil in there again, so going to now keep an eye if any new drips develop from anywhere. I can then look at trying to clean my driveway which is a right state atm, although getting oil out of tarmac is almost impossible, so may need to think of re-finishing it somehow. [/QUOTE]
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