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MG MGA - E!) and MGA fuel system and performance

Always wondered about how E10 would affect the MGA ..I knew it could degrade seals , hoses etc but they can be replaced. I came across this report and although only a partial it was encouraging ..but not bold enough to try myself..yet!!
Anybody got any expeirence , views, other research etc
Neil Ferguson

Have you a link to the E10 article Neil?
Colyn
Colyn Firth

My experience has been lower MPG, hotter running, and more likely to suffer vapor lock.
Steve Simmons

OOPs...sorry Colyn

https://www.hagerty.com/articles-videos/articles/2009/03/02/ethanol-demonic-or-devine
Neil Ferguson

steve ..are you advising of your experience with an mga or..?
I use E10 in a recent model Suzuki .....it works superbly, same fuel consumption, ..and much cheaper...
Neil Ferguson

"it’s safe to assume that you can continue to drive your collector vehicle using E10; it may just cost you more in the long run."

For those of us who prefer driving to maintenance, this conclusion is a killer. I'll continue to pay the premium for E0 gasoline.

Jud
'53 MGTD, '62 MGA & '74 MGB
J. K. Chapin

JK..the article I referenced was about 8 yrs ago ...I was looking for considered commentary ,experience or more recent research . I run my mga on unleaded with original seats ..a fuel it was not designed for....and no issues after loads of scare . I opened up the head recently and all great....life and products move on . I do like open minds!!
Neil Ferguson

My experience is with multiple vintage cars in including my MGA. Non-ethanol blends are illegal here so we've been running 10% ethanol for a long time now. If you have access to non-ethanol fuel, I would definitely use it. If you do switch, I'd advise replacing all rubber with new ethanol-compatible compounds, as older rubber compounds can turn to jelly after prolonged exposure. It happened to me about a month after the switch, when the o-rings in my MGB carbs basically melted.
Steve Simmons

Neil, I didn't mean to pooh-pooh you or the article. Given how, due to a lot of year round driving here in the southern US. the fuel doesn't stay in my tank for long, I will use E10 when E0 is not available but just to be a conservative old fuddy-duddy, I'll opt for the E0 when I have that choice. I agree that E10 probably doesn't deserve the bad rap that it's gotten from my redneck and gearhead friends but I think the belief that it's a conservation/pollution savior is iffy.

Jud
J. K. Chapin

JK ..did not feel poo pooed ...not a sensative soul. I note Steve S says he cannot get E0 ..is that just California .
Presume Steve has changed all his hoses etc seals ...since no option.
I wonder if it will have any affect on my Judson..but probably not since it is fed oil by a lubricator...
Neil Ferguson

There are several areas of the USA where non-ethanol gasoline is not available. Eventually it will probably be nation-wide. Yes, I have changed all of the rubber fuel components in all my cars.
Steve Simmons

This seems like a good place to ask a question I have; is anyone here using the "Superdry" jet seal kit from Burlen? I recently discovered its existence, and it seems like maybe a better solution than the teflon seals that I put in my carbs (which I haven't installed on the car yet).

What I like about it, is that it's an engineered solution with all new parts, vs. a user-rigged fix for the original parts like the teflon seals, which have worked for some people, but others have still had trouble with them.

I'd probably be OK with the cork glands since there is supposedly no ethanol in our fuel here in Alaska, but that's always subject to change.

I did a brief search on the Superdry kit and didn't see a lot in the way of end user reports, although what there is appears to be good so far.

-Del
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This thread was discussed between 25/11/2018 and 29/11/2018

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