A warning was recently issued to drivers across the UK amid a change in fuel stations concerning petrol which may put around one million older cars at risk.
There are around 32.7 million cars in the UK with approximately 18.7 million running on petrol, according to the RAC. This means that 935,000 can't run on the new E10 fuel without any risk of damage.
Experts warn that any issues caused by this will most likely not be covered by insurance with 36 per cent of car insurance policies stating that they won't pay out for any repair costs caused related to using the wrong fuel, according to Which?.
The new fuel is set to be introduced in September 1 of this year and comes amid pressure for the government to tackle climate change.
Thankfully the new addition means that vehicles will put out less C02, thus slowing down climate change.
Currently, the standard petrol used is marked as E5 meaning it has five per cent bioethanol however as of next month, E10 will be introduced as the standard.
As a result, E5 will now become 'super' grade fuel rather than its current 'premium' grade. This means that it will cost more than E10.
E5 will still be sold at most petrol stations with at least two sorts of the fuel, but the Government have said motorists may notice a one per cent fall in the amount of miles they receive per gallon.
How to check if your vehicle needs E5 or E10
You can occasionally put E10 into a vehicle designed for E5, but not regularly as this runs the risk of damaging the engine.
Thankfully there is a Government website which lets you check if your vehicle can run on E10. You can view that here.
In order to see which petrol your vehicle can use, you will need to know the vehicle model, engine size and year it was manufactured.
All Ford cars sold in Europe since 1992 are fine with E10, except for the Ford Mondeo 1.8 SCI from 2003 to 2007.
Pre-January 2000 Citroens and Nissans cannot use E10 regularly.
All Renaults sold since January 1 1997 can use E10, except certain models.
These include the Megane 1 with 2.0 litre F5R direct injection petrol engine, sold between 1999 and 2003.
All Harley-Davidsons sold since 1980 can use the new fuel with no problems.
