For small engines and other OPE, would it be better to get gas from a known station that refills their tank every week and add a fuel stabilizer.......or get E0 gas from a station where I'm not sure how long that gas has been sitting there? For my small engines, I always keep the gas tank full and if I could, run the carburetor dry (not all my OPE have a fuel shutoff valve).
Reason I ask is when I went to fill up my 5 gallon gas can with E0 gas today, I noticed I didn't smell any gasoline vapors. In fact, I had to put my nose almost right above the gas to smell it. The smell was ok....didn't smell like it was bad....just odd since I normally would smell the vapors when filling up. It makes me wonder if the gas is starting to go bad.
I used an ethanol test kit to verify it was ethanol free, but other than that, there's no way for me to tell if the gas is going bad. I was planning on storing this gas for roughly 6 months and this was meant for my generator for any upcoming power outages this winter.
Reason I ask is when I went to fill up my 5 gallon gas can with E0 gas today, I noticed I didn't smell any gasoline vapors. In fact, I had to put my nose almost right above the gas to smell it. The smell was ok....didn't smell like it was bad....just odd since I normally would smell the vapors when filling up. It makes me wonder if the gas is starting to go bad.
I used an ethanol test kit to verify it was ethanol free, but other than that, there's no way for me to tell if the gas is going bad. I was planning on storing this gas for roughly 6 months and this was meant for my generator for any upcoming power outages this winter.