Shell e10: Day 1
It’s been 24 hours since I loaded my Hyundai Getz up with Shell e10. I am normally a Petron consumer, but I swung by Shell because they have a rebate program (PHP20 for every PHP850), and I wanted a bottle of water. Haha, it’s so easy to sway me to the dark side.
So far, I haven’t noticed anything strange with my Gina. The loss of power that some motorists have been reporting with their Hyundai Getz after having loaded e10 doesn’t seem to be happening in my case. When I loaded the Shell e10 gasoline into my Gina, I probably had around 6-7 liters of Petron’s unleaded fuel (93+) in my 45-liter Hyundai Getz gas talk, which may be enough to compensate for the lack of power, or maybe the other motorists experienced isolated incidents. At this point, I don’t know enough to make the call.
I will also monitor the Hyundai Getz fuel efficiency on e10 fuel, so please do swing by regularly to read more about that.
I tried Shell E-10 last week. FC went down. From around 16.74 km/l to 14.54 km/l. Almost 2 kms/l. Maybe I will try the E-10 with Petron Mixed with their XTRA unleaded gasoline.
Hi Gaans,
I know Petron also has it’s own e10. Saan kaya meron nun? I think I want to try it out as well. By the way I also use Petron for BT (my getz). It seems like he likes Petron products.
Hi Gio,
Petron definitely has its own e10, as does Caltex. I know the Petron gas station along UN Avenue near Taft has it because I was going to load up there too. Naunahan lang kasi ako ng Shell dahil near-empty na si Gina.
Thanks for the comment, and the prophetic name-calling (Gaans, because I will be thin soon, haha).
Hey, Roselle! Thanks for commenting!
I heard nga that FC is supposed to go down with e10. Some sources attribute it daw to the evaporation of the ethanol, although that doesn’t seem to make sense to me.
Please let me know what happens when you mix the two fuels. I haven’t read enough information online to verify whether this kind of combination is good for our cars.