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When towing the pop top around a month or so ago I filled up from empty with an ethanol blend and didn't notice any difference.
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There was a stint a whilr back with toluene (sp?) not sure what it did but it was bad for motorists 8(
Toluene. That doesent suprise me. i use that as a solvent everyday at work to break down asphalt samples. It can be used as a fuel but it has no lubrication additives. So not real nice on the valves etc. Things would get a bit hot.

I have still got my tank of good fuel in the XJ and it hasnt stopped, nor hesitated once since filling up and adding the bottle of injector clean. I just find it funny that since owning the car it has never had any sort of issue like this. And as soon as i put $10 of E10 98 ron in it bareley had any power at all untill i filled the tank with premium unleaded with a bottle of wynns. Strange...
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Toluene. That doesent suprise me. i use that as a solvent everyday at work to break down asphalt samples. It can be used as a fuel but it has no lubrication additives. So not real nice on the valves etc. Things would get a bit hot.

I have still got my tank of good fuel in the XJ and it hasnt stopped, nor hesitated once since filling up and adding the bottle of injector clean. I just find it funny that since owning the car it has never had any sort of issue like this. And as soon as i put $10 of E10 98 ron in it bareley had any power at all untill i filled the tank with premium unleaded with a bottle of wynns. Strange...
Digging up a bit of an old thread, but this has just happened to me...

I put in $20 of unleaded at Caltex Elsternwick last night just to get me home & now my XJ is running like piece of junk. No power, rough as guts & when I started it again this morning the yellow-orange engine warning light came on.

I've had my XJ from new in '01 & never had a problem. I thought instantly I had water in the fuel, but f it's an ethanol fuel issue then there's not much point putting metho in as it's 95% ethanol.

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Thought I'd mention that I've been using nothing but Mobil 6000 for several years and found no probs ever.
Why? Mobilcard is my friend..
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arent the woolworths caltex fuel?
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Uhm.... to my knowledge Caltex and Woolworths Caltex servos are yet to offer an E10% blend in Victoria and simply run unleaded. I'm pretty sure they only run E10 in NSW/ACT/QLD - even in these states it's hard to find.

Personally I almost exclusively run E10 (generally from Shell which is quoted 94ron or from United which is a quoted 95ron) and my TJ loves it. Runs clean and smooth with 0 hassles.
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arent the woolworths caltex fuel?
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Uhm.... to my knowledge Caltex and Woolworths Caltex servos are yet to offer an E10% blend and simply run unleaded.

Personally I almost exclusively run E10 (generally from Shell which is quoted 94ron or from United which is a quoted 95ron) and my TJ loves it. Runs clean and smooth with 0 hassles.
Caltex only have unleaded/premium, no advertised ethanol blend. But who knows what you're getting...

I have no idea if the crap I bought last night has water in it or mystery ethanol.

Earlier AJ CJ5 mentioned about ethanol having a different oxygen content. When I start the XJ the exhaust smells like an old car running on full choke, really rich & a lot of black cack on the driveway from the exhaust.

I'm no mechanic, but I know that when my 'check engine' light has come on in the past it's due to (1) a dodgy 02 sensor that needed replacing & (2) a mud caked 02 sensor. So is it possible that my engine doesn't like the 02 level in the ethanol & is causing the 02 sensor to freak out & run like a piece of sh!t? The 02 sensor is clean.

I'd love to think it was just water in the fuel & dump some methylated spirits into the tank, but if it's ethanol & I dump methylated spirits in it could get worse.

So how to get rid of 1/4 tank of fuel... Is there a drain plug on an '01 XJ? Siphon would be easy but the 1/2" tube hits something before it makes it far enough down into the tank...

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