Since they added 10% ethanol to make Gasohol. Why are they still selling this stuff in abundance? Wal-Mart has 100 bottles of the stuff on the shelf. People still use this?
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Is HEET YB obsolete?
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Yes … when it goes on clearance then it's my starter fluid for coals and pit fites …
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why is it obsolete?
does gas not get moisture in it anymore?
does gas not get moisture in it anymore?
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No … just get (oak) fires started …
Originally Posted by Black_Thunder
why is it obsolete?
does gas not get moisture in it anymore?
Pretty sure it's worse since they added a hygroscopic fluid to gasoline.
why is it obsolete?
does gas not get moisture in it anymore?
Pretty sure it's worse since they added a hygroscopic fluid to gasoline.
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Yes … when it goes on clearance then it's my starter fluid for coals and pit fites …
Thanks! Now I know what I can so with that bottle I've had in my garage for years come summer
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Whimsey
Yes … when it goes on clearance then it's my starter fluid for coals and pit fites …
Thanks! Now I know what I can so with that bottle I've had in my garage for years come summer
Whimsey
I just threw 6 bottles in the heating oil tank because my service guy thinks I have water. Other than that I havent used it.
The 10% ethanol in gasoline is more than enough to take care of any moisture and prevent fuel line freeze-ups. Adding a bottle of Heet may not hurt anything,but since there is plenty of ethanol in the gas already, whats the point? Still every gas station sells plenty of the stuff. There are occasions when A bottle or 2 of Heet does come in handy. For instance, when one gets gasoline and forgets to put the cap back on and goes through the carwash with the gas cap off and need to get the water out. Did that once about 10 years ago.LOL!
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10% has some plus sides … just hope they leave it there as it is a bit more difficult for boats and OPE … and I don't need more farm chemicals around the creeks and rivers (plenty now) …
What if the ethanol is already saturated before you put it in your tank?
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The 10% ethanol in gasoline is more than enough to take care of any moisture and prevent fuel line freeze-ups. Adding a bottle of Heet may not hurt anything,but since there is plenty of ethanol in the gas already, whats the point?
The point is to reverse phase separation of Gasoline versus Ethanol+Water.
Really only a problem with vehicles that sit a lot, or excessive water infiltration. Just driving around re-mixes phase separated Ethanol+water well enough for most people.
When my pickup truck mostly sat for a couple of years, I was not most people. Any cheap dry gas helped a lot with the problems starting and idling and the occasional cut-out the first few minutes of driving. Using E-Free helped even more. Now I use it more often, and have gone back to E10.
The 10% ethanol in gasoline is more than enough to take care of any moisture and prevent fuel line freeze-ups. Adding a bottle of Heet may not hurt anything,but since there is plenty of ethanol in the gas already, whats the point?
The point is to reverse phase separation of Gasoline versus Ethanol+Water.
Really only a problem with vehicles that sit a lot, or excessive water infiltration. Just driving around re-mixes phase separated Ethanol+water well enough for most people.
When my pickup truck mostly sat for a couple of years, I was not most people. Any cheap dry gas helped a lot with the problems starting and idling and the occasional cut-out the first few minutes of driving. Using E-Free helped even more. Now I use it more often, and have gone back to E10.
i use the red bottle time to time because very rarely do use gas with ethanol in it.
I can buy 87 octane ethanol free gas locally and having older vehicles I try to use ethanol free always and of course ethanol free 91 in my atv's and cycles.
either that or I can use Gumout/seafoam etc as well to remove moisture.
I can buy 87 octane ethanol free gas locally and having older vehicles I try to use ethanol free always and of course ethanol free 91 in my atv's and cycles.
either that or I can use Gumout/seafoam etc as well to remove moisture.
I do know a fellow Army retiree friend from my Army days who now is a teacher in Barrow Alaska and has been there for 3 years now. and he was back in Nebraska last summer and he told me that he does use a bottles of Heet in his vehicle every fill up coupled with a coolant heater and a battery warmer. But then again a winter in Barrow Alaska has about 3-4 months of well below 0 weather.
No, the Heet yellow bottle is not obsolete
People that go camping like to use it for fuel
People that go camping like to use it for fuel
People still use a lot of the yellow bottle heet and red as well. I was asking the cashier at Hy Vee Gas that I frequent here in Lincoln and the guy told me that they sell a good case or 2 every day during cold snaps. Even though most of gas they sell is the 10% ethanol variety and already has enough heet in it already, I guess people still want to add more. I have never ever used Heet and have never ever had a fuel line freeze. I did use a couple bottles of heet once, years ago when I forgot to put the gas cap on and went through a touchless car wash. LOL!
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