Ethanol free gas
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If true, that would be fraud. I'm not sure how many gas stations would take that risk.
On the right side of this linked page you can read a pretty easy way to test for ethanol in gasoline.
http://www.autofuelstc.com/fuel_testing.phtml
http://www.autofuelstc.com/fuel_testing.phtml
In case you were not aware, some states are allowed to sell ethanol but not the Sate I live in so I have to drain the tanks sometimes to get an engine that runs well.
Besides no ehanol there is one other important property that needs to be addressed, octane.
Removing the ethanol or not putting it in will lower the octane however there are other, better ways to increase the octane number and as long as the octane matches the cars s needs that's fine although I personally prefer to buy my fuel from Exxon, Mobil, or shell (last).
Besides no ehanol there is one other important property that needs to be addressed, octane.
Removing the ethanol or not putting it in will lower the octane however there are other, better ways to increase the octane number and as long as the octane matches the cars s needs that's fine although I personally prefer to buy my fuel from Exxon, Mobil, or shell (last).
In case you were not aware, some states are allowed to sell ethanol but not the Sate I live in so I have to drain the tanks sometimes to get an engine that runs well.
Besides no ehanol there is one other important property that needs to be addressed, octane.
Removing the ethanol or not putting it in will lower the octane however there are other, better ways to increase the octane number and as long as the octane matches the cars s needs that's fine although I personally prefer to buy my fuel from Exxon, Mobil, or shell (last).
Besides no ehanol there is one other important property that needs to be addressed, octane.
Removing the ethanol or not putting it in will lower the octane however there are other, better ways to increase the octane number and as long as the octane matches the cars s needs that's fine although I personally prefer to buy my fuel from Exxon, Mobil, or shell (last).
Kevdon, isn't most all of NJ selling E10 ethanol-mix gasohol ,( except for a few places: https://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=NJ )?
So....Didn't you really mean to say "non-ethanol" ( straight) gas instead of just "ethanol"?
I suggest you consider adding the label-recommended amount of good stabilizer to new fresh gas right when you buy it whenever filling a tank with open-air venting like most all boats until recently.
Except in old cars w/o emission control systems , E10 should still last pretty long in "land yachts". If you have to drain car tanks because of bad gas you might check for water from bad fuel source , or start stabilizing at each fill in the cars too if they sit for long periods. Don't wait until the gas is already deteriorated.
I buy my E10 boat gas from a marine Valv-tect gas dock so it's already stabilized for potentially much longer "fresh" life.
But FWIW, I spend the money to get cans of Tru-Fuel 50:1 non-ethanol stabilized gas mix for my chainsaw after the ethanol in pump gasohol mixed 50:1 ( & always stabilized fresh) kept eating up rubber parts in the old one and finally killed it. No fuel problems in 2+ yrs with the newer chainsaw using the can gas mix.
So....Didn't you really mean to say "non-ethanol" ( straight) gas instead of just "ethanol"?
I suggest you consider adding the label-recommended amount of good stabilizer to new fresh gas right when you buy it whenever filling a tank with open-air venting like most all boats until recently.
Except in old cars w/o emission control systems , E10 should still last pretty long in "land yachts". If you have to drain car tanks because of bad gas you might check for water from bad fuel source , or start stabilizing at each fill in the cars too if they sit for long periods. Don't wait until the gas is already deteriorated.
I buy my E10 boat gas from a marine Valv-tect gas dock so it's already stabilized for potentially much longer "fresh" life.
But FWIW, I spend the money to get cans of Tru-Fuel 50:1 non-ethanol stabilized gas mix for my chainsaw after the ethanol in pump gasohol mixed 50:1 ( & always stabilized fresh) kept eating up rubber parts in the old one and finally killed it. No fuel problems in 2+ yrs with the newer chainsaw using the can gas mix.