My Stihl blower turned 27 years old recently, I have only used e10 gas. Had to replace the carb once. Blower sits for months at a time, still starts up and runs fine.
Non ethanol gas at gas station
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The Milwaukee Marina does not sell E0 either. I'm not sure if that's because we are in an EPA nonattainment area or if they are choosing to do that on their own.
If you have a Marina that is selling non Ethanol gas...you need to find a different marina as they are doing that purely for repair profit purposes.
Around here, 89 octane non ethanol at the marina is the same price as 89 E10 out in town because it doesn't have road taxes on it.
Good run, Ethanol WILL eventually erode the bore of an AL carb to the point that it has to be replaced...will likely take 2000 hours for that to happen though.
That has been my experience as well. E0 hasn't been available in Southeastern Wisconsin since the 1990s. Not saying I'm an advocate for RFG, but all my old OPE has been running on it for nearly 30 years. I just don't see the massive and fatal problems people seem to experience. This includes my 30 year old Toro lawnmower, my 24 year old lawn and garden tractor, snow thrower, and chain saw, and my 20 year old string trimmer.
I only know of two gas stations in southern Delaware that sell E0. No marinias.
I am wondering if DE laws changed and we will see more?
The E0 at the Chevron near my house in North AL is $4.29/gal. It also has a big sticker on the pump that "this is not a Chevron product". No idea where it comes from. I'm near Guntersville Lake so I assume it's mostly for the Bass fishers. I use it in my mower.
A good while back, I got me some "non ethanol", added me some stabilizer to it, and put it in my ATV. 2 months later, went to start it and it would not run.
Did the old graduated cylinder with water mix check to see if there was ethanol in the gas..............and there was, darn close to 10%.
Point is, trust but verify.
Did the old graduated cylinder with water mix check to see if there was ethanol in the gas..............and there was, darn close to 10%.
Point is, trust but verify.
When I read statements like this I can't help wonder why OPE is still using inferior materials when by now they must know that a large portion of the country is required to use RFG. Most large population centers are nonattainment areas and have been for decades, and certain other states have mandated RFG even for regions that don't have a mandate from the EPA. So why are they still using such crummy elastomers and metals in their products?
Carb boat motors "usually" spec 89 octane non ethanol fuel. IDT ethanol fuel is a big a concern if you have a FI motor and you trailer it, but if it is on a lift sitting over the water, no way would I put ethanol fuel in it.
You are top notch! What is the secret?
Honestly, I run my 2 commercial mowers on E10. It is a cost benefit analysis as to how many gallons of E0 it costs vs a carb replacement. All of my 2 stroke Stihl equipment gets E0 because it is easy to get a 5 gallon drum of that from the local dealer once a year.
Considering prior interactions I'm not sure you'd understand.
Thanks for following me around though.
I think you running it regularly is the factor. Your machines dont sit I am sure.
My boat is on a rack in a building. The marina sells gas. I do not think they let you fuel up your boat from gas cans or a truck mounted tank. I could find another marina on the water.
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I run E10 in my zero turn, snowmobile, antique car, etc when in season. No trouble, but I always do the last 2 tanks of the season with E0 for storage.
I used to be on the E0 is a scam boat as well. That was until I opened my Autolite 2150 carb on my 1959 Ford. I had rebuilt it the year prior so I knew what the bowl looked like. I'd run E10 in it all summer for around 1500 miles.
There was a milky looking goo in the bottom of the float bowl. I used a syringe to suck it out and used the electric fuel pump to empty the tank. I filled it with 20 gallons of E0 with gas cans and ran it through everything.
I'm now an E0 believer. Also look at the pictures I posted of a mechanical fuel pump from a GM inboard that was run on E10 and stored for 2 years....
I used to be on the E0 is a scam boat as well. That was until I opened my Autolite 2150 carb on my 1959 Ford. I had rebuilt it the year prior so I knew what the bowl looked like. I'd run E10 in it all summer for around 1500 miles.
There was a milky looking goo in the bottom of the float bowl. I used a syringe to suck it out and used the electric fuel pump to empty the tank. I filled it with 20 gallons of E0 with gas cans and ran it through everything.
I'm now an E0 believer. Also look at the pictures I posted of a mechanical fuel pump from a GM inboard that was run on E10 and stored for 2 years....
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I think non ethanol is only a thing outside major cities......way outside. lol Never seen non ethanol in Houston in atleast 15 years and if it claims to be non ethanol, the sticker probably just fell off.
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huh. Both those stations are like right next to each other. They're 50 minutes and about 50 miles away from me though.
I buy E0 pretty regularly, mostly for a motorcycles and home use. Typically, at 4 different stations, but there are others. The only local station that sold all E0 in 3 octanes, closed about 10 years ago. Nearly all of them only offer one octane grade E0 now. Most sell the pipeline CBOB "premium" E0 which is 90 po. It had been 91 po until a few years ago. Others sell a E0 89 po. One chain, Wawa, for years had inexplicably sold their 89 po E0 for about 15-18 cents a gal. cheaper than their 89 po E10. I often used that in cars and my truck as well. Now, they're gouging it like it all the others. About the same as 93 po E10 or a bit more.
Current prices near me in PA. for E10 are $3.799 for 87 po, $4.24 for 89, $4.599 for 93. E0, 89/90 po is about $4.59 to $4.79.
Current prices near me in PA. for E10 are $3.799 for 87 po, $4.24 for 89, $4.599 for 93. E0, 89/90 po is about $4.59 to $4.79.
