Unleaded Petrol

[holsteinpill]

Guys,

 

This may sound a little obvious to most, but I need some advice.

 

I'm looking at shipping my cars over to Thailand, but before i do i need to know what is there an equivalent unleaded fuel here? Or do i need to have some modification done to adapt to a different fuel type.

 

Any replies would be most helpful

 

Cheers

 

[Chris50]

Guys,

 

This may sound a little obvious to most, but I need some advice.

 

I'm looking at shipping my cars over to Thailand, but before i do i need to know what is there an equivalent unleaded fuel here? Or do i need to have some modification done to adapt to a different fuel type.

 

Any replies would be most helpful

 

Cheers

 

BUT i run on sangsom coke.Good stuff Serious how old are the cars and dont forget the thai import duty .And yes you can get unleaded fuel

cheers chris

[Edge]

As Chris says the Import Duty and other rigmarole makes importing your vehicle a no go for most of us.

 

There is straight unleaded - 91 octane at least - but it's getting harder and harder to find, due to the Gasohol now virtually everywhere and expensive (+10 Baht/litre).

 

There's a lot of scare stories about Gasohol wrecking bikes and cars if they're not made to run on it, but I'm not convinced it's not old wives' tales, even from the dealerships.

 

As far as I can tell, it does affect the old rubber fuel hoses etc and that can bung your carbs up, but if the hoses are changed and there aren't any other such parts to degrade I think it's OK - maybe.

 

I put Gasohol in a Yamaha lots of times over 2 years, but when I had a problem they found some in it and conned me into buying a new carb. It wasn't that at all and I'm now happily putting Gasohol in it again no problem - it is a lot cheaper.

 

Kawasaki have told me I mustn't use it in a new bike, despite it having E10 (10%) on the tank. I'm using it, but a lot of the fuel stations have now gone to 20% (Bio).

[holsteinpill]

The cars are 1 & 3 years old.

 

Would prefer it if they went on Vodka & Lipo (With a touch of Kamagra Jelly for the oil )

 

Cheers for the info pal.

 

[holsteinpill]

As Chris says the Import Duty and other rigmarole makes importing your vehicle a no go for most of us.

 

There is straight unleaded - 91 octane at least - but it's getting harder and harder to find, due to the Gasohol now virtually everywhere and expensive (+10 Baht/litre).

 

There's a lot of scare stories about Gasohol wrecking bikes and cars if they're not made to run on it, but I'm not convinced it's not old wives' tales, even from the dealerships.

 

As far as I can tell, it does affect the old rubber fuel hoses etc and that can bung your carbs up, but if the hoses are changed and there aren't any other such parts to degrade I think it's OK - maybe.

 

I put Gasohol in a Yamaha lots of times over 2 years, but when I had a problem they found some in it and conned me into buying a new carb. It wasn't that at all and I'm now happily putting Gasohol in it again no problem - it is a lot cheaper.

 

Kawasaki have told me I mustn't use it in a new bike, despite it having E10 (10%) on the tank. I'm using it, but a lot of the fuel stations have now gone to 20% (Bio).

 

Edge, thanks for the info mate. I'm hoping to do a bit of a swerve with the import tax But will wait and see. I too have heard some horror stories about different fuel types screwing injectors etc, I'm just going through the details now to see if i should bring them over. or possibly sell them in the UK and buy something here.

 

Thanks again

[gogo dog]

Kawasaki have told me I mustn't use it in a new bike, despite it having E10 (10%) on the tank. I'm using it, but a lot of the fuel stations have now gone to 20% (Bio).

 

That is crazy, all new vehicles here should run on at least E10. I've not seen any petrol stations that sell E20 that don't sell E10.