Ethanol
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Ethanol
Out here in Thailand Shell have binned regular 95 and are only selling Gasahol which I believe is 10% ethanol. My STI7 is running better on it. Anyone know if I should be concerned about this fuel.
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evening Steve 
When's the 1825 going on 
. I heard you were breaking other people's motors at Sepang 
'shouldn't' be a problem, though Subaru of Australia don't reccommend > 10% - someone on SF.com asked ...
When's the 1825 going on . I heard you were breaking other people's motors at Sepang 'shouldn't' be a problem, though Subaru of Australia don't reccommend > 10% - someone on SF.com asked ...
We expect levels of up to 10% Ethanol would provide little affect to the Subaru engine. However, the WRX Sti & Liberty B4 will experience starting failure and/or hesitation conditions just after starting the engine even if the fuel contains less than a 10% Ethanol level.
We have not evaluated fuel with a higher than 10% level of Ethanol. However, certain fuel and engine components (such as exhaust systems) can be damaged with the long-term use of greater than 10% Ethanol. We would therefore not accept warranty claims on parts that have been damaged due to the use of Ethanol as this is not a manufacturing defect and our vehicles have not been designed to run on such fuel.
We hope this information has been of assistance.
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Subaru (Aust) Pty Limited
We have not evaluated fuel with a higher than 10% level of Ethanol. However, certain fuel and engine components (such as exhaust systems) can be damaged with the long-term use of greater than 10% Ethanol. We would therefore not accept warranty claims on parts that have been damaged due to the use of Ethanol as this is not a manufacturing defect and our vehicles have not been designed to run on such fuel.
We hope this information has been of assistance.
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Subaru (Aust) Pty Limited
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Originally Posted by stevem2k
evening Steve When's the 1825 going on . I heard you were breaking other people's motors at Sepang
'shouldn't' be a problem, though Subaru of Australia don't reccommend > 10% - someone on SF.com asked ...
When's the 1825 going on . I heard you were breaking other people's motors at Sepang 'shouldn't' be a problem, though Subaru of Australia don't reccommend > 10% - someone on SF.com asked ...
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