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No Ethanol in MURCO super unleaded fuel



Murco used to be based around the south coast, but have slowly spread. We have one in Sevenoaks now, and having heard rumours about "no ethanol" and that they have their own refinery, I wrote to Chris Blake, their Commercial and Inland Supply Manager. I got a very fast and useful response asking for my postcode.

I have heard a rumour that they sometimes use other companies fuel for outlets that are on the fringes of their area, which would explain the postcode request, but happily I received another email which I will copy below.




"Hi Simon,



All of our Unleaded contains Ethanol however our Super Unleaded is Ethanol free.



Regards



Chris"




I fed Tornado on some of the Super Unleaded, and took some home in a can. It looks like real petrol, and it smells like real petrol, and my bullet runs fine!

If you have an older iron barrel bullet and are worried about Ethanol, then try Murco if you have one, but do check with them first, that they are supplied by their own refinery which is in Westerleigh, Bristol.



NOW... Who else does Ethanol free fuel guys?









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Most service stations I use in Brisbane have only one bowser with Ethanol, usually around the 90 RON. Caltex being the most highly rated for performance.

This won't help our Australian members, but ought to be of interest following Scaly's post: http://www.murco.co.uk/station-finder/ Fill yer boots (tanks?)! A.

Take a look at www.nfahc.co.uk/pdf_files/ethanol.It infers that most"Super"petrol is ethanol free. With fuel prices down at the moment I'll probably upgrade.

Esso super unleaded in East Lancashire is ethanol free because i`ve tested it.

Hey, jaffa90, how does one go about testing for ethanol in petrol?

You can buy a kit, add water shake and watch.



Or you drink a load. If you get sick, it's petrol, if you get sick and drunk, it has ethanol in it.



Have also heard that esso super is good but... shell V-max, my prior favorite, is on the suspect list since shell would not respond to my emails.

thanks for the murco station guide Adrian.



Wilf, thanks for the Ethanol guide, however, there was an advert for the upcoming classic car show, April 2011 ! Still a useful read, but please be aware guys, that some internet information may not be the most current.

With a small plastic pop bottle put 20mm of water in it and mark it with a line, next put approx same fuel in as well and shake with the lid on, with NO ethanol in it the two will not mix, but WITH ethanol in it the mixture goes cloudy and the water level drops. Also i`ve never studied the fact that ethanol is more dense and could effect the fuel level in the carb / s if you use this crap fuel.

It seems difficult to get up to date information on this. It appears most UK suppliers use ethanol in their "super green" petrol now, those web pages that say otherwise are all a year or two old. There are a number of Murco garages near to me in Devon but none sell super, just the low octane with 5% ethanol. I think the only sure way is to look at the information on the pump itself which needs to be accurate for consumer law. The usual 5% is EN228, from what I've read the same number may be used for high octane containing 5% as well. There seems to be two numbers for super, BS7070 and 7800. I suspect we're suposed to be confused.