Everything you need to know about using E10 fuel with your classic car

Everything you need to know about using E10 fuel with your classic car

It sounds like an additive found in food but from September E10 fuel will be causing headaches for hundreds of thousands of classic car owners. Rather than being a colouring agent or preservative, E10 is the new grade of unleaded petrol that the British Government will introduce this autumn. And it is potentially damaging to modern classics, classic cars and motorbikes alike.

Experts warn that the introduction of E10 is the most significant threat tobold cars since the switch from leaded to unleaded fuel. Four-star fuel was banned in Britain from 2000, on environmental grounds. It’s for similar concerns over air pollution and CO2 emissions that E10 will be dispensed by the nation’s petrol pumps.

However, the RAC has warned owners of cars built before 2002 that they should steer clear of the new petrol. It estimates that at least 600,000 vehicle owners will be affected. For those drivers, it is likely to mean increased fuel bills, costly vehicle maintenance or, for those that fail to take action, damage to cherished cars.

So what is E10 fuel, why is it being introduced and how can the classic car community prepare for the new fuel coming to our forecourts? Hagerty investigates.

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