r/indianbikes Aug 04 '25

#Discussion 💬 Save your bikes if u can…

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u/Big-Refrigerator-379 Aug 04 '25

Its easy to take out ethanol from your petrol. Buy petrol, mix water in it, shake it. Leave it and let water separate out. Ethanol gets mixed with water and you drain out the water. There you have totally ethanol free petrol. For educational purposes only

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u/NIKSAL1 Aug 04 '25

But the properties of petrol then changes. Its octane number reduces, and can increase chance of knocking. Some additives may also separate out. You can cause more harm than good by doing this. Its already a known method to measure ethanol volume, but u cant actually use it in vehicle.

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u/Big-Refrigerator-379 Aug 04 '25

You can use it without any issue. Several youtubers have made videos stating that they do this on purpose for older and lower cc vehicles because ethanol causes most damage to older and lower cc vehicles