Reformulated Gasoline

Many of the problems blamed on Gasahol were doe to using it in older engines that were designed for pure gasoline. The running of the mechanical parts wa not a problem, but many of the fuel system gaskets, o-rings, and such were damaged or dissolved by the alcohol. In newer products, most of these problems have been resolved by using alcohol resistant materials. I did have a non-repairable problem with a small engine when the fuel pickup hose melted and clogged the carburetor. It was cheaper to get a new one than to repair the old. Just in case though, I use straight gasoline in all my small engines.

Hope you find some, I would imagine somebody sells the stuff. I guess we are just lucky, we use the cheapest gas we can find in all of our vehicles with never a carburetor, fuel injection, or fuel delivery issue. Our onboard Onan and Champion inverter gennies have run well using whatever gas I put in them with the caveat that they get Stabil when refueling and a dose of Seafoam couple times a year. Chainsaws, lawnmowers, and even our Honda ATVs have no qualms using ethanol gas, didn't know there was an issue as such until I read it on this forum. Have never run any of them dry either which I suppose alleviates the issue to a degree.

If by "Reformulated" you mean Alcohol adulterated,, It usually is, you can look for MARINE gas in some states but I recall a web page that lists the stations selling pure gas not boozy gas. Son of a pump.. I found it

http://pure-gas.org/

dapperdan wrote:
Nice link. I didn't even know something like that existed! Definately going to bookmark that puppy. :B

Thank you, thank you VERY much.

Dan

Everybody likes to recommend that link..

Take that link with a grain of salt, it IS often wrong, more often than not..

It lists several gas stations near me that it claims they sell non alcohol gas.. Those stations do not, in fact I searched many different places near me including sprint dirt track and even several small local airports, non of those would sell non alcohol fuel to me.

The dirt track would only sell IF I had a ENTRY REGISTRATION for racing at that track amd the airports would only sell IF I had a legit FAA issued airplane tail number..

I was wanting to use non alcohol fuel in several antique autos.. But alas, all for naught..

In reality, just use whatever gas you can get, alcohol blend fuel has been sold since the 1970s (remember "Gasahol"?), Gasahol didn't sell at all, noone was willing to pay the upcharge for it and it netted you 10% less mileage at the same time..

It never really went away, they just merely repackaged it and have been quietly selling it to the public since the 1970s..

So far, I have not found any detrimental issues with blended fuel other than it is more expensive AND it does not go as far..

So far, I have 2 different generators, one pushmower, 1 log splitter, three chainsaws, two gas tractors three modern fuel injected vehicles and two antique vehicles (non fuel injection) and NONE have had any issues with the blended gas..

If you're lucky at best you MIGHT find a few stations that carry Non Ethanol gas in the 94 octane rating.

dapperdan wrote:
I was wondering if it's possible to buy NON-reformulated gas.

No it shouldn't be. And this is an entirely DIFFERENT question than the ethanol mix.

But if millions of lawn mowers and other small engines run on it OK, what exactly makes you think your genset would have a problem ??

If is a recent model generator, check your owners manual. It may recommend the mixed gas.

Nice link. I didn't even know something like that existed! Definately going to bookmark that puppy. :B

Thank you, thank you VERY much.

Dan

look around fishing or boating areas. We see it just about everwhere, just need to look a bit. Many watercraft engines are not designed for the alcohol mix gas, which costs more to make, and is much less efficient than straight gasoline. Rural areas, and boating areas usually have it available.

Ethanol-free gas:

http://www.pure-gas.org/index.jsp