Thank you for posting this. Ethanol is an engine killer, and its effects are more severe for small engines like lawnmowers, generators, weed eaters. The landfills are full of weed eaters that were labeled as junk, but were actually killed by ethanol laced gasoline.
Nothing in Westchester or New York City. Am lucky I can get 10% at Shell in my neighborhood. At least for now. 15% gummed up my lawn mower carb badly. Fixed it myself. Don't drive much since I am retired and the 15% separated in my car gas tank too. What do you do with 15 gallons of bad gas?
I have a wood chipper that is miserable to start if ethanol gas sits in it for an extended period of time. (have to use some spray engine starter or whatnot) With ethanol-free gas, it starts on the first pull, even after sitting for half a year.
I use ethanol-free gas for all of my small engines.
Ethanol binds with water, literally pulling water (humidity) out of the air. Do you want water in your gas/engine?
Fuel stabilizer helps, but only partially. You’re still going to get some damage of plastic/rubber parts and the fuel won’t last as long as ethanol-free. It’s better than nothing if you simply can’t get ethanol-free gas.
Does Fuel Stabilizer Prevent Ethanol Damage? Let's find out!
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Another option is to add water to ethanol gas in order to bind with the ethanol. You then have to pour off the ethanol/water mixture from the bottom and get rid of of it. Check YouTube for a video. This works, but it does reduce the octane of the gas because ethanol raises the octane of gas.
The best way is to simply use ethanol-free gas if you can find it. Spend the extra money on ethanol-free gas instead of fuel stabilizer. Stop damaging your plastic/rubber parts and have a longer shelf life of the gas.
Only have Hot Spot, Casey's and Sinclair in the local towns.
There were some Hot Spots on the list, but I don't know if that applies to all Hot Spots or just some.
Also found this: Two states in the Union, Missouri and Montana, have specific exemption to allow ethanol-free premium gasoline. Unfortunately, that's an allowance, not a requirement, so it's probably pretty meaningless.
Thank you for posting this. Ethanol is an engine killer, and its effects are more severe for small engines like lawnmowers, generators, weed eaters. The landfills are full of weed eaters that were labeled as junk, but were actually killed by ethanol laced gasoline.
I go to the airport and buy 100ll I run that in anything with a small engine, snowmobile etc
Nothing in Westchester or New York City. Am lucky I can get 10% at Shell in my neighborhood. At least for now. 15% gummed up my lawn mower carb badly. Fixed it myself. Don't drive much since I am retired and the 15% separated in my car gas tank too. What do you do with 15 gallons of bad gas?
You can put fuel additives in to help remove ethanol. Better than nothing, but avoiding it for small engines especially is best.
...pour it on a lefty's lawn....
...doggy winks....
Most all the stations near me have the ethanol free pumps.
,,,I think Marathon Fuel is ethanol free....
Ethanol gas is garbage.
I have a wood chipper that is miserable to start if ethanol gas sits in it for an extended period of time. (have to use some spray engine starter or whatnot) With ethanol-free gas, it starts on the first pull, even after sitting for half a year.
I use ethanol-free gas for all of my small engines.
Ethanol binds with water, literally pulling water (humidity) out of the air. Do you want water in your gas/engine?
...I think Sta-bil will help that...
Fuel stabilizer helps, but only partially. You’re still going to get some damage of plastic/rubber parts and the fuel won’t last as long as ethanol-free. It’s better than nothing if you simply can’t get ethanol-free gas.
Does Fuel Stabilizer Prevent Ethanol Damage? Let's find out!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvS_D4_lF5U
(great freakin’ channel, subscribe and learn a lot)
Another option is to add water to ethanol gas in order to bind with the ethanol. You then have to pour off the ethanol/water mixture from the bottom and get rid of of it. Check YouTube for a video. This works, but it does reduce the octane of the gas because ethanol raises the octane of gas.
The best way is to simply use ethanol-free gas if you can find it. Spend the extra money on ethanol-free gas instead of fuel stabilizer. Stop damaging your plastic/rubber parts and have a longer shelf life of the gas.
...valid observation, nicely stated and framed...
...thanks for sharing....
You some sort of seafoam to dry up the water in the ethanol....
There are two products one is called stable and one is called sea foam.
Try to buy recreational fuel, look where it is in your area. For boats etc. WaWa's sells it.
Sea foam is pale oil, naphta and alchool so mixing diesel with ethanol blended unleaded gas is pretty muc sea foam.
4 parts diesels to 1 part unleaded
Boo-hoo. None of my local towns are listed.
...can you get Marathon Gas?
Only have Hot Spot, Casey's and Sinclair in the local towns.
There were some Hot Spots on the list, but I don't know if that applies to all Hot Spots or just some.
Also found this: Two states in the Union, Missouri and Montana, have specific exemption to allow ethanol-free premium gasoline. Unfortunately, that's an allowance, not a requirement, so it's probably pretty meaningless.
https://hotspotcstore.com/fuel/
...you might try the "contact us" link....
Thanks!
I'm scared to look at what ethanol free gas is running...
Thanks for posting, I was looking for this the other day. Stupid search engines have all gone to poo.
...wags tail....