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Brave effort by Amit ji and Ishaan Bhardwaj to inform people that quality of e20 in Brasil and in India is different. Considering difference in ppm of chloride, checks on iron & sodium, overall storage and logistics checks. Such podcasts need courage and such customer friendly acts gets you permanent respect on the platforms like YouTube, X and Reddit. Atleast call spade a spade. Source - TheRaceMonkey and AskCarGuru YouTube

Watched a very insightful discussion on Autocar between Hormazd Sorabjee Sir, Peter Gilbert, and Leandro (Brazilian guests and senior representatives from Infineum) on Ethanol blended fuel. Here is what I learned... ✅ They took ethanol samples from the market and audited them for quality. ✅ Initially, problems with rubber parts, O-rings, and injectors were seen with E85. ✅ In India, if an E10 car is run on E20 for a long time, it may show a check-engine light when the engine fails to calibrate with E20 fuel. This varies from brand to brand and car to car. ✅ To ensure good-quality ethanol-blended fuel, tanks at fuel pumps must be kept super clean to avoid biodegradation. ✅ Brazil collects 5,000 samples per month to check for chlorine contamination in fuel and ensure compliance with standards. ✅ The chlorine limit in India is 3 ppm, while Brazil has a limit of 1 ppm. ✅ A poor ethanol-production process can also cause contamination. ✅ Brazil has limits for iron and sodium, but Indian ethanol-production specifications do not. ✅ Oil companies in Brazil check ethanol to audit its quality and ensure that the standards laid down by the National Petroleum Agency are maintained. ✅ Fuel sellers conduct density checks at the pump level to ensure there is no adulteration in Brazil. ✅ Chlorine comes from the ethanol-production process and should be controlled within prescribed limits to prevent issues in cars. ✅ If specifications are followed, injectors, metal parts, and fuel pumps should not face any issues. Otherwise, contamination may cause crystals to form and clog the fuel injectors. Opinion: There seems to be a HUGE difference between the quality of fuel provided in Brazil and India because of differences in overall checks, ppm limits, and iron and sodium level checks. Brazil mastered it gradually, but we implemented it in a hurried manner. Hopefully, we will match their quality standards.