India’s advancements towards cleaner fuels: basically ethanol blended petrol has been becoming a concern now-a-days. We recently came across a ‘warning signage’ shared across fuel stations in India – which suggest some tips for the car and bike owners to save their vehicles from getting harmed due to this increasing amount of blend. Attention Readers! Join us on the WhatsApp Community for daily auto news updates
E20 Warning Boards Across All Petrol Pumps –
Hindustan Petroleum, Indian Oil and Bharat Petroleum have started to display a warning board across its fuel stations, informing the guidelines about the harm that ethanol-blended petrol could cause.
The board warns that, according to the government’s direction, all kinds of petrol have 15-20 percent of ethanol blends in it. The board further directs that motorists should not let the water go inside the tank – which is possible due to rains or during wash.
Even small amount of water having contact with the Ethanol can separate Ethanol and Petrol and form a layer, and could sit at the bottom of the fuel tank. This could lead in having difficulties to start the vehicle or even you might feel jerks while driving.
The warning further states that if water is found in the tank of vehicle, it will be the vehicle owner’s responsibility. It also says that customers may check the quality of petrol from the nozzle of the fuel station but will be unable to guarantee after the vehicle leaves the fuel station.
This means that, the risk is being passed on to the customers instead of government or any other petrol pumps dealing with the same.
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What To Do If Water Enters The Tank?
Now reading about this warning signage, you might think about what should be next step if water enters the tank, right? Well, in this instance, the only fix will be to get a professional help and completely drain the tank, flush fuel lines and change the fuel filters.
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