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Posted By: jtg

Ethanol free gas. - 11/20/22 11:05 PM

Useful site to find Ethanol free gas in your state. https://www.pure-gas.org/
Posted By: imissed

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/20/22 11:34 PM

I can get it here but its from 40 to 70 cents a gallon more.
Posted By: jtg

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/20/22 11:50 PM

I just got through working on three pumps and lawn mower from letting them sit a little too long. My friend has some old cars and will only use Ethanol free gas. I plan to give it a try in my boat and small engines.
Posted By: Boco

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/20/22 11:50 PM

In the north ethanol gas is better in winter,like methanol additives it helps prevent gas line freezing due to condensation.Instead of your fuel filter freezing up the ethanol binds to the trace amounts of water and it will run thru the system.
Posted By: Willy Firewood

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:01 AM

In all small engines - chainsaws, trimmer, blowers, and generators I only use the real gasoline.
Same thing for 4 wheeler, side by side and outboard motors.
No more dissolved gaskets and fuel lines.
Posted By: trapdog1

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:03 AM

Originally Posted by Willy Firewood
In all small engines - chainsaws, trimmer, blowers, and generators I only use the real gasoline.
Same thing for 4 wheeler, side by side and outboard motors.
No more dissolved gaskets and fuel lines.

Same here. I'll use ethanol in my truck, but that's it.
Posted By: waggler

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:07 AM

Originally Posted by imissed
I can get it here but its from 40 to 70 cents a gallon more.

That's money well spent if you're using it in a snowmachine, or long term storage in any two or four stroke engine.
Posted By: QuietButDeadly

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by Willy Firewood
In all small engines - chainsaws, trimmer, blowers, and generators I only use the real gasoline.
Same thing for 4 wheeler, side by side and outboard motors.
No more dissolved gaskets and fuel lines.


Same except the outboard since I do not own one of them. And ethanol free is available at a lot more places now than it was just a few years ago.
Posted By: T-Rex

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:48 AM

Needed some for winter storage.

One place has "racing gas" 101 octane $9.50 per gallon; 110 octane $9.95 per gallon.

I bought 91 octane at Quick Trip for $4.11 per gallon.
Posted By: Dennis W

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:53 AM

It's hard to find around here. You can find it once in a while but it's hard.
Posted By: RR 3

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:54 AM

I hope you guys that want ethonal free gas are buying more than a gallon at a time. The hose at the pump will have 1-2 quarts of previously pumped gas in it.
Posted By: run

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 12:57 AM

I live outside the corn belt. Thankfully non-ethanol gas isn't too hard to find. $3.90 per gallon for 87 octane.
Posted By: Wright Brothers

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 01:23 AM

91 octane over here. Way cheaper than rebuilding fuel systems.
Also run 2 stroke oil that contains stabilizer. Very debatable among men.
Mine is better mentality.
Posted By: waggler

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by T-Rex
Needed some for winter storage.

One place has "racing gas" 101 octane $9.50 per gallon; 110 octane $9.95 per gallon.

I bought 91 octane at Quick Trip for $4.11 per gallon.

Some high octane gasolines contain ethanol, just because it's high octane does not mean is ethanol free.
Posted By: BTLowry

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 01:41 AM

I switched to ethanol free in everything around the house. Lawnmowers, portable welders, ATVs, chainsaws, weedeaters and any other off road low use stuff.
When you get tired of repairing/working on the small engines because of what it does to the fuel systems you will change too

Cars are different, does not sit long enough to turn to gel/sludge in their systems
Posted By: T-Rex

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 01:47 AM

If this stuff was not ethanol free, I would not have posted.
Posted By: Gator Foot

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 01:50 AM

Originally Posted by BTLowry
I switched to ethanol free in everything around the house. Lawnmowers, portable welders, ATVs, chainsaws, weedeaters and any other off road low use stuff.
When you get tired of repairing/working on the small engines because of what it does to the fuel systems you will change too

Cars are different, does not sit long enough to turn to gel/sludge in their systems

I done this, a long time ago!
Posted By: Law Dog

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 02:47 AM

You get more miles with the better gas so it come out pretty close to even.
Posted By: NonPCfed

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 02:48 AM

I ran nothing but 10% ethanol gas in a Husquvarna 22 inch self-propelled push mower for the 7 or 8 years I owned it (just sold this fall for $20 because of other issues). I never had a problem with the engine but perhaps that was the exception.
Posted By: Boco

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 02:51 AM

Same here.i start and run all my stored engines once a month.
Posted By: Willy Firewood

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 02:52 AM

Where I get it, it is in a separate pump so no concern about the ethanol laced gasoline contamination.
Stabilizer also.
Posted By: bblwi

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 03:08 AM

WI has a lot of stations offering no ethanol fuel. We have a lot of small engine equipment plus one of the leading states for outboard motors. I don't use anything but no ethanol on all the non vehicle equipment I have.

Bryce
Posted By: Wright Brothers

Re: Ethanol free gas. - 11/21/22 11:50 AM

Running em at least once a month is good no matter what fuel.
Some guys store em dry, not me.

Finding carb kits and parts is at times harder than the repair.
A Kawasaki generator comes to mind. They sit a lot.
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