Maruti Suzuki only recommends a fuel of max E10 for this model car.
BHPian jalex77 recently shared this with other enthusiasts.
I’ve been consistently getting low fuel economy and a noticeable decrease in acceleration and torque on my 2021 XL6 (run 20,000 km to date) since E14 and E20 fuel became the standard norm in fuel pumps.
The rubber fuel breather hose on my XL6 was bored by beetles (at 7400 km on the odo) which got attracted by the stench of Ethanol that can be easily sensed by them. We narrowly escaped from being burnt alive and my whole family was with me in the car then.
Recently my Omni too started leaking fuel heavily after its fuel line hoses, both near the fuel filler as well as the ones under the front seats got bored at multiple places by beetles. Pretty sure that these fuel leak incidents and hazards will crop up again as long as the fuel is either E14 or E20 and the rubber fuel lines have no other upgrade option.
Then yesterday, in the XL6 Kerala group, a member’s 2021 BS6 model well-maintained car failed a pollution test. My guess is that this is due to the “legalized adulteration” of petrol with Ethanol. Maruti Suzuki only recommends a fuel of max E10 for this model car. I have already come across many people saying that their petrol cars and two-wheelers that are up to 2018 models are failing pollution tests, despite getting the vehicles periodically serviced with new spark plugs, air filters and so on. And now even 2021 vehicles are failing the test.
The government should provide normal petrol alongside E20 fuel even if at a premium rate. This is their responsibility to those who paid 15 years of road tax upfront for using their vehicles on open roads. I mean what can people do if their vehicles can’t even pass a pollution test despite being periodically serviced and maintained in excellent condition, only to get slapped by MVD and Police authorities for having no valid pollution certificate?
Also sharing the failed pollution test result of the 2021 BS6 XL6.
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