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Originally Posted by d4springer
Apparently this has been out for a couple of years in Germany and they avoid it fearing it will damage their cars. Hopefully this will just appear as another option at the service station so you can decide not to use it. More pointless EU legislation that we must abide by.
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Yep its here, its said to be "not so good" for injectors, piping, aluminum and metal stuff in general...
And of course, if your engine blows because of it, no car manufacturer will cover for that.
Thats why its avoided like a plague here in germany.
Btw. it leads to "only" up to +3% more fuel consumption.
You can use Google translate if you want to read a statement of one BMWs Engine Development guys (Thomas Brüner):
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/auto/umst...ssen-1.1068470
Basically he says because of higher water amounts in the engine it can thin out the oil quicker and lead to more oil change intervals and general engine wear.