wa8yxm wrote:
One of my friends was an insurance man we were talking about no-booze gas.. He mentioned that small engines (Lawn mowers down here, Snow blowers and lawn mowers up north, Roto tillers in both and chain saws) many folks had gone through two or 3 motors due to alcohol in the gas.. (NOTE: I would have thought by now they would have re-designed to burn the c*** but what do I know).
Likewise Mercury Outboards did a test with E-15 as I recall Rane something like 3 pair of engines for 300 hours on both E-0 and E-15.. All but one of the E-15 engines, at the end of the test, showed increased damage from the fuel.. The one remaining E-15 engine failed before the test was over and again, it was due to the effects of the fuel.. This study has been linked to several times in these forums in the past.
NO, E-anything over 5% is bad news. Of this I'm convinced.
And I'm the guy who brought up mr. Pryor's Pyre (And my own I might add).
Thats a big 10/4, I know it to be a fact on small engines, many years as I did repairs on them.
95% of the repairs I did to small engine, was fuel related problems. Gummed up or ate up carbs & tanks, stuck valves & quite a bit of complete engine rebuilds because of stuck float inlet valves & gas free flowing into the engine & on down into the crankcase.
Gas in a small engine crankcase oil, that engine wont last very long, specially when the owners think all they have to do is turn the key on & start cutting grass.
Neil
