AV gas for the generator
A Facebook friend just posted a spot hes getting AV gas at. Runs it in his generator. Any of you old school guys have advice on slight tuning changes? Lean out the altitude screw maybe? Different plug...
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philh wrote:Gdetrailer wrote:deltabravo wrote:hypoxia wrote:
Ethanol free is nearly impossible to find in some parts of the country.
Find who has it here: https://www.pure-gas.org/
That site should be named "pure BS"
It shows several supposed gas stations near me that supposedly sell Ethanol free gas.
THOSE STATIONS NEAR ME DO NOT!
Take that site like many other sites on the wobbly web with a grain of salt.
It is up to the local states and counties whether they allow Ethanol free or not.. MOST do not allow it.
GET OVER IT, Ethanol free for the most part has gone the way of the Dinos, you can thank your local tree huggers and corn lobbies for that...
Then write reviews and ask the site to remove those stations.
But have you asked the stations? Station closest to me, has the pump over in the truck diesel lanes.
YES, I HAVE asked those stations.
Yes, I HAVE contacted my local Airports about "AV" gas, they DO NOT SELL TO ANYONE WITHOUT REGISTERED TAILNUMBERS.
YES, I HAVE contacted gas stations near a dirt sprint track, THEY DO NOT SELL ETHANOL FREE RACING FUEL TO GENERAL PUBLIC, YOU MUST HAVE VALID RACING PASS TO PURCHASE IT.
I USED to worry about it thanks to scare tactics on this and other forums. I am over it, Ethanol fuel while it is not in the best interest for fuel mileage, environment (corn crops destroy the land and requires considerable amount of oil/gas based fertilizers) over all does not ruin engines, carbs or fuel systems unless it is using old school rubber hose or cork floats.
USE the fuel up in a REASONABLE time frame and you will not have any issues with it. In other words, don't store fuel more than a yr and expect it to work, keep it fresh. Don't store your small engines with fuel in the bowl, DRAIN THE BOWL when storing and you will not have any issues.
All of this worry over nothing.
If you REALLY insist on having Ethanol free fuel, the only way possible in many locations is to buy super expensive "canned" fuel by the PINTs which is sold specifically for folks who are afraid of killing their lawnmowers.. Comes at a price though, those little pint cans add up to something like $50 PER GALLON.
You CAN buy quite a few carbs for that price.
