Is Ethanol OK to use in VW

[aliasmk2]

I have gone back to using 98oct.
After driving on e10 for a while I started having problems with the car starting, it would run rough & blow smoke. The engine has 295k on it & the valve guids seem to have gone, when I run 98oct I don't seem to have the start problem as much, in fact the car starts good most of the time.( time for the ABF)
It is not recommended to use on engines with high K's buy the servo stations as it will makre the car run hot, I did not have any issues with temp only bad starting

Ian

[nick1234]

I wouldn't put that in

G'day mate,

I owned a 1987MK2 Golf and was advised not to fill up with biodiesel as this fuel, similar to ethanol is quite aggressive and the pipesystem of older vehicles cannot sustain it. That applies for diesels as well as petrol engines.

I am now driving a VW Polo (199 and I never put any ethanol in it. You'll be okay with the current VW range as these have been upgraded specifically to meet ethanol and biodiesel fuel.