10% Ethanol, Heads Up!

[scgargoyle]

It seems to eat up fuel lines. I worked on one older chainsaw that the fuel line had turned into a brown puddle of goo in the bottom of the fuel tank. And I just had to replace the fuel lines in my weedeater- they were the consistency of cooked pasta.

 

[keegs]

It seems to eat up fuel lines. I worked on one older chainsaw that the fuel line had turned into a brown puddle of goo in the bottom of the fuel tank. And I just had to replace the fuel lines in my weedeater- they were the consistency of cooked pasta.

E85 or E10? My experience is that E10 doesn't damage fuel lines.

 

[MossRoad]

You need to read more forums Moss, if you did you would know that that is impossible. :laughing:

Please explain? Thanks.

 

[Inspector507]

E10 has been the norm around here for years, just as i suppose that's what's available in Moss Road's area. Never had a fuel line go bad yet.

 

[BruceWard]

In Arkansas I had the fuel lines fail on a less than 1 year old craftsman weadeater and a ~5 year old Weateater brand leaf blower both using E10.

I am trying to avoid E10 in small engines.

 

[MossRoad]

E10 has been the norm around here for years, just as i suppose that's what's available in Moss Road's area. Never had a fuel line go bad yet.

Yeah. I started putting ethanol in my cars in the mid 80's. They called it gasohol. It was 10% ethanol. It was a big deal back then as they built an ethanol plant here in South Bend, Indiana in 1984. At the time, it was the world's largest ethanol plant. It is still up and running today. The plant was buying corn from local farmers and it was a big deal. There were semi trucks sitting in lines loaded with corn along the highway. So, I can honestly say I have been using 10% ethanol for 25 years and have never had any fuel system failures.

 

[Bird]

In Arkansas I had the fuel lines fail on a less than 1 year old craftsman weadeater and a ~5 year old Weateater brand leaf blower both using E10.

I am trying to avoid E10 in small engines.

Since some have had such failures and some of us have not, it would APPEAR that perhaps some manufacturers are using different material for their fuel lines. And even within the same brand or manufacturer, maybe different years have seen some changes in the composition of the lines.

DISCLAIMER: No scientific knowledge; just speculation.

 

[JDGREEN4ME]

E10 has been the norm around here for years, just as i suppose that's what's available in Moss Road's area. Never had a fuel line go bad yet.

Same here...

 

[MossRoad]

DISCLAIMER: No scientific knowledge; just speculation.

Hey! No fair speculating. :laughing:

 

[Chuck52]

Bird,

It's OK to speculate, but please don't do it on the floor.

Chuck