I've gone with ethanol free gas for all my small engines, and my street motorcycle.
Costco here has their Premium at typically 8 cents/litre more than Regular - essentially a wash, price wise, once you consider the lower energy content of E10.
I always have used a fuel stabilizer for storage, and continue to do so even with pure gas. Currently using Startron.
After having good success winterizing and storing my motorcycle with a full fuel tank, I'm changing my approach to storing my generator and lawn mower. Partly this is because of having to change the float and seal (due to crud deposits, not debris/dirt from the tank) on my old Briggs generator this past Spring. That generator had always been run dry of gas.
So.... my approach now is to store seasonal or lightly used gas motors with treated fuel, and definitely with a full gas tank. Generators will get run at least every 3 months.
Unless you have small engines in commercial use, AND are using them nearly every day, you likely can't get away long term with storing untreated Ethanol contaminated gas in them. Just my :2cents:.
Rgds, D.
Costco here has their Premium at typically 8 cents/litre more than Regular - essentially a wash, price wise, once you consider the lower energy content of E10.
I always have used a fuel stabilizer for storage, and continue to do so even with pure gas. Currently using Startron.
After having good success winterizing and storing my motorcycle with a full fuel tank, I'm changing my approach to storing my generator and lawn mower. Partly this is because of having to change the float and seal (due to crud deposits, not debris/dirt from the tank) on my old Briggs generator this past Spring. That generator had always been run dry of gas.
So.... my approach now is to store seasonal or lightly used gas motors with treated fuel, and definitely with a full gas tank. Generators will get run at least every 3 months.
Unless you have small engines in commercial use, AND are using them nearly every day, you likely can't get away long term with storing untreated Ethanol contaminated gas in them. Just my :2cents:.
Rgds, D.
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