I've had to rebuild two carburetors because of using gas with ethanol. The gas had a fuel stabilizer in it with an ethanol treatment. After that, I gave up on gas with ethanol in it. There is no gas station locally to buy ethanol-free gas, so I buy either Torco or VP ethanol-free gas from an auto performance store The gas is expensive, but the equipment always works and I don't have to worry about leaving gas in the equipment.
Ethanol gas evidence
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ArlyA
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I've had the stablie brand fail for me. No more, now I will only use seafoam.
cqaigy2
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One ounce per gallon?
ArlyA
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Gee, I'm not into all those exacting measurements!!
I try adding about 1/3 of a can per 5 gallon fuel can. Seems if your gasoline is going to sit for a long time or get warm, then you might need to be more exact than I am.I had years of nonstop heartache and pain with small engines and ethanol gas (no additive). I’m a slow learner but one day I decided to switch to 100% gas (still no additive) and I’ve never had a single problem since - not one. My push mower gets parked around halloween with whatever happens to be left in the tank and 6 months later it still starts on the first pull and runs like new. Is the ethanol problem a myth? Maybe, but all my problems magically and immediately disappeared once I stopped using ethanol gas so it’s all I‘m going to use.
Chilliwack Murray
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My experience exactly.
Brand new equipment may tolerate it but the materials used in older equipment are destroyed by ethanol just like that fuel line.
Even if the materials tolerate it, ethanol still absorbs and holds water from the air, when the gas in the tank or carb eventually evaporates it leaves the water behind. If you have metal tank or float bowl it rusts.
The same principle is why we used methyl hydrate to remove water from gas tanks in the past.
Brand new equipment may tolerate it but the materials used in older equipment are destroyed by ethanol just like that fuel line.
Even if the materials tolerate it, ethanol still absorbs and holds water from the air, when the gas in the tank or carb eventually evaporates it leaves the water behind. If you have metal tank or float bowl it rusts.
The same principle is why we used methyl hydrate to remove water from gas tanks in the past.
rontaki
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I use 100-octane ultra-low lead avgas in my small engines. Ethanol-free! I get it from a nearby county airport.
The equipment runs great on it, and at the end of the season I just run the tank dry. Things start right up at the beginning of the next season.
I make sure there are no sensors or catalytic converters in the exhaust system, as the small amount of lead would foul those in no time. On the spark arrestor screen of a water pump I use for many hours at a time, there is a slight buildup of yellow dust that may be due to the lead in the fuel.
You might be able to find gas without ethanol near you using the Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada website.
The equipment runs great on it, and at the end of the season I just run the tank dry. Things start right up at the beginning of the next season.
I make sure there are no sensors or catalytic converters in the exhaust system, as the small amount of lead would foul those in no time. On the spark arrestor screen of a water pump I use for many hours at a time, there is a slight buildup of yellow dust that may be due to the lead in the fuel.
You might be able to find gas without ethanol near you using the Ethanol-free gas stations in the U.S. and Canada website.
I hear you and totally agree. Ive gone to diesel engines on equipment I need to be reliable. Small gas engines these days seem to be made disposable and cheap as possible with zero adjustments. Ethanol gas isn't helping anyone but the politicians because they don't have to deal with trying to implement any kind of efficiency/emissions standards.
buck12
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My experience also.
