Ethanol Pearls

[Zeek 2,284]

52 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

Have you checked out pure-gas.org?

I have found this to be a great resource for finding no-e gas once I moved from PA . Users help keep it updated. I personally had a year-old Stihl string trimmer carb screen clog with regular gas and stabilizer (which doesn't treat the ethanol issue form what I read). After that I bought six 5 gallon gas cans and switched all lawn equipment/generators/boats and motorcycles to no-e gas. Basically anything that sat now and then. That was years ago and I never had that problem again; including stuff that sat for six months or more (although I try to avoid that).

 

You may be in luck. I don't know if it will become a trend, but brand new Wawa convenience stores Zephyrhills and Brooksville Florida now have a separate pump nozzle that sells No-e gas (blue colored). The best part is it's not much higher in price than regular gas. The stations I used to use in PA  & FL before Wawa, price gouged selling it for a $1 or more above regular gas. I assume part of the draw here is boats and generators. I saw that days before Dorian . . . 

[AHS 1,411]

Up here in Bangor we have Tradewinds’s general store, and they sell 90 octane non ethanol fuel... its what I use in my tractors (my 1965 all the way up to my 2000) they just don’t make gas like they used to!! I put sta-bil in all my tractors, lawnmowers... and use the shut off in my lawnmowers, tractors.

[RunningMajorK 7]

Thanks for the discussion on ethanol free gas. I am fortunate to live right next to a supplier. Found it from a discussion here at the forum 👍

[JoeM 7,609]

19 hours ago, ebinmaine said:

Have you checked out pure-gas.org?

 that .org web site worked for me.

I found a place 10 miles away that sells 91 recreational non e fuel. It is about a 50 cent per gallon premium, but I have not had one issue in the last two months. It may just be me but I think I am using less fuel now.

Bought one of those glass test tube type tester and it confirmed no ethanol. I did check the regular pump gas at two different stations and they were just under 10 %.

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9 hours ago, OILUJ52 said:

 that .org web site worked for me.

I found a place 10 miles away that sells 91 recreational non e fuel. It is about a 50 cent per gallon premium, but I have not had one issue in the last two months. It may just be me but I think I am using less fuel now.

Bought one of those glass test tube type tester and it confirmed no ethanol. I did check the regular pump gas at two different stations and they were just under 10 %.

Not just you, non-ethanol fuel contains about 20% more energy, so uses about 20% less fuel to do the same work.