Fuel storage
Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2023 12:10 pm
Not sure where to post this but other boards on this forum don’t seem to be the right place.
This is not really a Ducati problem but one that I suspect many vintage vehicle owners will be familiar with. I have a small holding and in addition to owning vintage motorcycles have several other types of machinery that run Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs). In consequence I have a collection of 25 litre jerry cans storing a variety of fuels used in different machinery.
1) E5 petrol (95 octane) with Valvemaster additive for my Ducati single, 10.5:1 compression ratio – really prefers old fashioned 5 star (101 octane)
2) B7 Diesel biofuel for a daily vehicle – 2012 diesel car
3) B7 Diesel with Chemiphase additive for the tractor, runs on pretty well anything but modern ethanol fuels are very hygroscopic and have created carburettor problems.
4) E10 petrol with pre-mixed 2-stroke oil for strimmer, chainsaw etc.
5) E10 petrol – no additive for ride-on brushcutter
I could simplify storage by putting the additive in the vehicle tank each time I fill up but this is tedious because you have to accurately measure what is going into the tank and then calculate the required amount of additive.
Each of my five (actually six) jerry cans is colour coded by me for easy identification. However, it occurred to me that it would be sensible to use a recognised standard colouring system. Any suggestions welcome.
This is not really a Ducati problem but one that I suspect many vintage vehicle owners will be familiar with. I have a small holding and in addition to owning vintage motorcycles have several other types of machinery that run Internal Combustion Engines (ICEs). In consequence I have a collection of 25 litre jerry cans storing a variety of fuels used in different machinery.
1) E5 petrol (95 octane) with Valvemaster additive for my Ducati single, 10.5:1 compression ratio – really prefers old fashioned 5 star (101 octane)
2) B7 Diesel biofuel for a daily vehicle – 2012 diesel car
3) B7 Diesel with Chemiphase additive for the tractor, runs on pretty well anything but modern ethanol fuels are very hygroscopic and have created carburettor problems.
4) E10 petrol with pre-mixed 2-stroke oil for strimmer, chainsaw etc.
5) E10 petrol – no additive for ride-on brushcutter
I could simplify storage by putting the additive in the vehicle tank each time I fill up but this is tedious because you have to accurately measure what is going into the tank and then calculate the required amount of additive.
Each of my five (actually six) jerry cans is colour coded by me for easy identification. However, it occurred to me that it would be sensible to use a recognised standard colouring system. Any suggestions welcome.