Comments on: What’s The Best Petrol For My Lawn Mower? E10 vs Premium Fuel

By: Cliff Johnson

Cliff Johnson — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 10:48:07 +0000

In reply to Diane Davies. Not Just Lawn mower but expensive marine outboard engines

By: Josh Thompson

Josh Thompson — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:29:24 +0000

Hi Diane,

Provided the quality of the fuel is otherwise good (it’s not stale for example), you should be OK to use E5. We say this on the basis that E5 is only causing issues with very few classic cars, whereas E10 is affecting a larger number of vehicles (around 8%). However, we would recommend contacting the manufacturer for advice if possible – if the mower is quite old, they may prefer you avoid ethanol fuels, although this is unlikely to do a significant amount of damage.

Thanks

By: Cameron Gibson

Cameron Gibson — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 20:44:43 +0000

Thank you Tosh for your article, still got unleaded in my can will mix it for next year

By: Diane Davies

Diane Davies — Sat, 18 Sep 2021 12:43:42 +0000

Hi, I have a ride-on lawnmower but can no longer get ordinary unleaded petrol as my local garage has changed to the new fuels. Can I use e5 in my mower without it damaging it?
Was any of this taken into account when they decided to change the fuels as lots of people have expensive garden equipment?
Don’t know who else to ask about this. I would appreciate some help. Thank you.

By: Josh Thompson

Josh Thompson — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 07:41:10 +0000

In reply to Stephen parry.

Hi Stephen,

Fuel mixing is a good idea if you can’t get plentiful E5 where you live. It’s certainly preferable to using pure E10, especially on a slightly older lawn mower.

By: Stephen parry

Stephen parry — Wed, 08 Sep 2021 10:13:04 +0000

Interesting article. Filling stations near me only sell E10 and diesel. The odd garage sells premium unleaded as well. Is it worth mixing premium with E10 for lawn mowers? I have started doing this in my 2007 Toyota Aygo car as I can no longer get E5 unleaded and keeping my fingers crossed !! Any thoughts ?

By: Allan Wilson

Allan Wilson — Wed, 01 Sep 2021 15:40:04 +0000

Very helpful article. I have a number of petrol fuelled garden machines, all of which are likely to use E10 in future. One predates 2010 and is only used occasionally in the peak growing season. Your article has reminded me to buy ‘Fuel Fit’ as this has previously allowed me to store fuel in the machine tanks.