Ethanol Free Trufuel from Lowes?

Yes, I have used it for a couple years now. My weed wackier is now a 4 stroke, so I only have my blower that is mixed, so I don't use allot and it stores in a smaller area then a small can. I use it in a ECHO back pack blower with no issues. Ace and True Value carry it as well, I first found it at True Value.
 
Never tried it..... There is a local gas station here in Florida that sells " ethanol free " gas. I fill up my car before I store it for the summer. Its expensive but IMHO worth every cent....and better then any additives.
 
Gate all over Northeast Florida has Ethanol Free. 12 to 15% more but I use it in my outboard, lawn mower, 4 stroke edger and pressure washer and mix it for my 2 stroke stuff. Even though I have a 4 stroke weed eater, I still use the 2 stroke one a lot. And I sometimes use it in my car. Towing my boat I get 17 MPG with regular unleaded and 18.5 MPG with Ethanol Free. And the boat has more power too.

I looked at the canned stuff, but just thought it was too expensive, especially since I use a lot.
 
Gate's the deal if you can find it. Only a few of their stations carry it. For the little I use in lawn equipment, I carry a can to the marina and get ValvTechT, which also has a stabilizer. The fuel dock guys say a large portion of their business is cans carried in.
 
My marina is ethanol free. Before I realized that face, I saw A lot of folks bringing 5 gallon cans for fill up. The dock master told me it was all for small yard equipment. Having to pay for a lawn mower carb rebuild, it's a very cheap alternative.
 
Stihl makes a line as well I run it thru the leaf blower and chainsaws every soften

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Several Marathon gas stations gas docks in FL ... and maybe some other parts of the south ... have an ethanol-free gas called "Rec 90", which means "Recreation 90". It's meant for things like ATVs, boats, etc., where they might sit unused for a while. As you can tell from the name, it is 90 octane. But the important part is that it is ethanol-free.
 
today's newer EPA (can you believe it) regulated small outboards have very tiny jets that are prone to clogging and easily varnish up.

And I always thought corn was for food. . . .

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Back in the winter at a boat show I got to talking to a couple of the guys putting on session about boat and engine care thru NMMA. They stated that ethanol fuel starts breaking down after 21 days. Even though it may state ethanol free where you fill up, there is going to be a small amount left over from the transport truck, lines etc etc. They said the best thing to do would be to treat every time you add fuel....only treat the amount you add as over treating can also cause problems

I'm not gonna start a war on which one I think is best, it would be like which synthetic oil is best....
 
What if the transport truck company has dedicated trucks & hoses for delivering ethanol free fuels ....into dedicated tanks ???
 
I doubt that being the case because of expense but even so who knows how long they have it stored or it was stored before they took delivery?

I have a 300 gallon tank on my farm sitting on top of my 500 gallon diesel tank and when I order "conventional" gas they wanna know how many gallons as they only put in that much and don't have a dedicated tank on the truck for it
 
Yeah.....but if it ethanol free ....it really doesn't matter how long.....it doesn't need any additives to prevent seperation. If it sits for extended length of time.... it may just need an octane booster.
 
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