They warn owners of any vehicle built before 2002 to avoid the new ER10 fuel while some models built before 2011 can also be affected.
However, the DfT has previously warned just one percent of total vehicles will be incompatible with the new fuel when it is launched.
Classic car specialists at Hagerty Insurance have warned running on E10 fuel can cause a “variety of issues in older cars”.
The higher amount of ethanol can absorb water which will find its way into the car and lead to damage.
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Hagerty has warned this can lead to condensation in the vehicle’s fuel tanks and cause corrosion in brass, copper, lead, tin and zinc components.
to be a cease-fire negotiation moving forward. zain? how long can gadhafi even hold out under all this bombardment? at the moment the sense is that the biggest threat to the libyan authority s ability to stay in power and to hold tripoli, is this issue of fuel. the sanctions are hitting fuel ships coming in. which probably sounds slightly strange. we all know that libya is a massive fuel producer. but what they do produce, because it s very high quality they refine for jet fuel, for the more expensive types of fuel. the cheaper fuel, benzene, petrol fuel, they actually import. that s what s hitting tripoli very hard. we re seeing petrol queues, but three lines deep. people telling us they re spending two or three nights waiting to get fuel. that of course is affecting everything. nato says as far as they re concerned, it s important,
grounded as volcanic ash clouds a continent. and nato keeps up the pressure on moammar gadhafi. tripoli comes in for more bombing. we begin in london where the u.s. president is kicking off day two of his state visit to britain. right now barack obama is at 10 downing street for talks with british prime minister david cameron. they ve got lot on their plates, the talks mark a shift in tone for the president. tuesday was mostly about pageantry, meeting the royal family and getting the vip treatment over at buckingham palace. today it is all about politics. and washington s close ties with the uk, that s really going to be at the heart of mr. obama s address to parliament today. he s expected to say american relations with the uk and nato are essential to global security. to number 10 downing street and to our white house correspondent, brianna keeler. what is president obama s message going to be to david cameron? we re just a short distance away from 10 downing street