Honda Civic and E10/Ethanol gasoline [MERGED]

**tidus1203** · February 5th, 2009 09:50 AM

Don't rely on the bars, just continue using it then refuel and calculate accordingly. The fuel bars are quite inaccurate and they diminish inconsistently... Personally I get a solid 8.5km/L on city traffic with E10. But that was last year pa I haven't been measuring my consumption lately...

**oj88** · February 5th, 2009 11:10 AM

Never used E10 in my 1.8S since I got it exactly a year ago. I've always fed primarily with Blaze. If it's not available, I go with V-Power or Gold (in that order).

**snatchmeister** · February 9th, 2009 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by oj88

Never used E10 in my 1.8S since I got it exactly a year ago. I've always fed primarily with Blaze. If it's not available, I go with V-Power or Gold (in that order).

* OJ88

Hey bro, would you recommend me jumping up to Blaze since I use V-Power at the moment? I know V-P is not your first choice but do you see a big difference against the Blaze with engine performace/output or slight lang sha. Haven't tried Blaze yet as I've only had my 1.8s exact a month and always V-P and carga ko sa kanya.

**ejaydpogi** · February 9th, 2009 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by snatchmeister

* OJ88

Hey bro, would you recommend me jumping up to Blaze since I use V-Power at the moment? I know V-P is not your first choice but do you see a big difference against the Blaze with engine performace/output or slight lang sha. Haven't tried Blaze yet as I've only had my 1.8s exact a month and always V-P and carga ko sa kanya.

It wouldn't make any difference if you use v-power (95ron) or blaze (96ron) since our civics run on unleaded with 91ron - 95ron. I would even suggest using an unleaded petrol with 93ron. in theory, it will yield the same performance and will be more economical since high octane fuel tends to burn faster. Remember that our engine does rely on the amount of air that it sucks to provide the right amount of fuel. It will not lessen the amount of fuel used when you use a high octane fuel. my two cents worth!

**snatchmeister** · February 9th, 2009 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by ejaydpogi

It wouldn't make any difference if you use v-power (95ron) or blaze (96ron) since our civics run on unleaded with 91ron - 95ron. I would even suggest using an unleaded petrol with 93ron. in theory, it will yield the same performance and will be more economical since high octane fuel tends to burn faster. Remember that our engine does rely on the amount of air that it sucks to provide the right amount of fuel. It will not lessen the amount of fuel used when you use a high octane fuel. my two cents worth!

got me there bro!

good point thanks!

**redeemed** · June 25th, 2009 01:05 PM

Honda users (Philippine), check this out:

Honda Automobiles Compatible with E-10 Gasoline

**mbenz204** · June 25th, 2009 03:12 PM

I had compared Shell Unleaded and Caltex E10 for 1 month each on my 2 month old 1.8S. Same results.
Our company cars that averages 50,000 kms per year also uses E10. According to the drivers and the maintenance histories, all are OK.

**ejaydpogi** · February 5th, 2009 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by tidus1203

Don't rely on the bars, just continue using it then refuel and calculate accordingly. The fuel bars are quite inaccurate and they diminish inconsistently... Personally I get a solid 8.5km/L on city traffic with E10. But that was last year pa I haven't been measuring my consumption lately...

thanks tidus1203. Do we have the same model? Also, afaik, e10 is more combustible, hence giving more power and improves fuel economy. Shell's e10 is based on their regular petrol (89 ron) mixed with 10% ethanol giving a 93 ron. Petron's e10 is based on their unleaded petrol (93 ron) mixed with 10% ethanol giving a 95 ron.

So I concluded that it is possible to get better fuel consumption using petron's e10 compared to using unleaded.

**oj88** · February 5th, 2009 12:13 PM

Originally Posted by ejaydpogi

thanks tidus1203. Do we have the same model? Also, afaik, e10 is more combustible, hence giving more power and improves fuel economy. Shell's e10 is based on their regular petrol (89 ron) mixed with 10% ethanol giving a 93 ron. Petron's e10 is based on their unleaded petrol (93 ron) mixed with 10% ethanol giving a 95 ron.

So I concluded that it is possible to get better fuel consumption using petron's e10 compared to using unleaded.

From the link posted by snatchmeister:

"Ethanol contains less energy value than petrol. In theory, some loss of power and fuel economy (possibly 2-3%) may occur when using E10."