gas containing ethanol bad for lawn equipment??
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Originally Posted By: kenwin30
yea 10% is what i have been runnung...
Jeez,you guy`s even have it down their!
yea 10% is what i have been runnung...
Jeez,you guy`s even have it down their!
Originally Posted By: kenwin30
i had a guy tell me the other day that i should not run ethanol gas in my equipment, including my exmark mower, what do you guys think ?
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i had a guy tell me the other day that i should not run ethanol gas in my equipment, including my exmark mower, what do you guys think ?
Similar topic was recently discussed in this thread:
https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/ethanol-in-gasoline-concerns.109400/
How do you get gas that does NOT have ethanol? The pumps all list it as a potential ingredient of up to 10% around here.
I just picked up a free two year old brigs 4.5 horse. The engine runs strong on 10%e but the primer bulb has turned in to red goo. Did 10%E do this i don't know but i have never seen that happen on real gas.
Originally Posted By: addyguy
You shouldn't run gas that is more than 10% ethanol in equipment.
Up to 10% will be fine - you've probably been using it for years!
Exactly! My new Troy Built/Honda mower has a sticker atop the engine that states this.
You shouldn't run gas that is more than 10% ethanol in equipment.
Up to 10% will be fine - you've probably been using it for years!
Exactly! My new Troy Built/Honda mower has a sticker atop the engine that states this.
Originally Posted By: sneakboxer
I just picked up a free two year old brigs 4.5 horse. The engine runs strong on 10%e but the primer bulb has turned in to red goo. Did 10%E do this i don't know but i have never seen that happen on real gas.
The primer bulb, according to B&S, deteriorates because of stale gas.
I have a mower that was never used on 10% ethanol (it stopped running before 10% ethanol became available here) and the primer bulb was deteriorated. (It had been sitting in the backyard at my rental property for several years, one of the previous tenants left it...it needed the valves cleaned...after doing that it started).
I just picked up a free two year old brigs 4.5 horse. The engine runs strong on 10%e but the primer bulb has turned in to red goo. Did 10%E do this i don't know but i have never seen that happen on real gas.
The primer bulb, according to B&S, deteriorates because of stale gas.
I have a mower that was never used on 10% ethanol (it stopped running before 10% ethanol became available here) and the primer bulb was deteriorated. (It had been sitting in the backyard at my rental property for several years, one of the previous tenants left it...it needed the valves cleaned...after doing that it started).
Originally Posted By: kenwin30
i had a guy tell me the other day that i should not run ethanol gas in my equipment, including my exmark mower, what do you guys think ?
Not gonna drive a hundred miles to get gas. So 10% here it comes.
i had a guy tell me the other day that i should not run ethanol gas in my equipment, including my exmark mower, what do you guys think ?
Not gonna drive a hundred miles to get gas. So 10% here it comes.
I started running Shell 93 in both honda and troy bilt...seems to run alittle bit better.
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Originally Posted By: addyguy
You shouldn't run gas that is more than 10% ethanol in equipment.
Up to 10% will be fine - you've probably been using it for years!
Exactly! My new Troy Built/Honda mower has a sticker atop the engine that states this.
One problem is that it may be > 10% EtOH at the pump.
Originally Posted By: addyguy
You shouldn't run gas that is more than 10% ethanol in equipment.
Up to 10% will be fine - you've probably been using it for years!
Exactly! My new Troy Built/Honda mower has a sticker atop the engine that states this.
One problem is that it may be > 10% EtOH at the pump.
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