Do your own experiment removing alcohol
It takes a substantial amount of alcohol to remove water from gasoline. Therefore it takes relatively little water to remove lots of ethanol. Water and gasoline do not mix. But if purified wa...
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valhalla360 wrote:
If you have a bad fuel source, filter before fueling and don't leave fuel in the small engine if not using frequently.
Otherwise, it's mostly myth that ethanol hurts small engines. This was an issue when ethanol 1st started to be used but it's been a long time since engines haven't been designed to accommodate it.
It is a persistent myth. It's been 15 years or more since I had a small engine fail due to the use of ethanol content.
I use Top Tier premium gasoline in small engines and have one engine that sat for two years without use and it still started and ran.
I simply have not experienced the "old gas" problems that others have had.
