Ethanol in small engines
I ran across this guys comments in a zero turn mower review and a guide to ethanol free stations "David S Boyd Duffys Outdoor Power Equipment August 25, 2014 Gary, I am a Hustler dealer as well...
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My experiences with ethanol gas has cost me money and a lot of agrivation.
I've had to replace several yard tools because of it and rebuild carbs etc on lawn mowers including metal gas tanks.
I don't trust stations selling 10% ethanol. Two weeks ago we droe to nashville in the Merc. It was pinging and sounded and ran horrible. Wee had filled up at a BP signed mkt with 93 Octane Ethanol blend, or so it said. We took it to the Dealer. the Tech said it was not premium gas in the tank. The computer pulls back timing if you put junk gas in but not far enough apparently. Risking a small fortune or big fortune, in a nengine to save a few pennies with Ethanol won't happen again. We buy gas at one station, now that sell No Ethanol Gasoline. Our 07 Saturn we had for towed got gasoline in Indiana both times, Shell, that caused the injectors to be replaced twice.
It amazes me that some people will argue with sound observation, physics, chemistry. Ethanol in gasoline is a headache, financially, and every other way.
Now you ask a Midwest Corn Farmer banking a million a year or more after the banks get's its due and you know what you will get. I sat around the campfire and listened to good people who farm corn up there. I just grit my teeth and ge a headache. If I'm making a lot of money off ethanol corn, I'd be proclaiming it's snake oil cure for everything too....not
I've had to replace several yard tools because of it and rebuild carbs etc on lawn mowers including metal gas tanks.
I don't trust stations selling 10% ethanol. Two weeks ago we droe to nashville in the Merc. It was pinging and sounded and ran horrible. Wee had filled up at a BP signed mkt with 93 Octane Ethanol blend, or so it said. We took it to the Dealer. the Tech said it was not premium gas in the tank. The computer pulls back timing if you put junk gas in but not far enough apparently. Risking a small fortune or big fortune, in a nengine to save a few pennies with Ethanol won't happen again. We buy gas at one station, now that sell No Ethanol Gasoline. Our 07 Saturn we had for towed got gasoline in Indiana both times, Shell, that caused the injectors to be replaced twice.
It amazes me that some people will argue with sound observation, physics, chemistry. Ethanol in gasoline is a headache, financially, and every other way.
Now you ask a Midwest Corn Farmer banking a million a year or more after the banks get's its due and you know what you will get. I sat around the campfire and listened to good people who farm corn up there. I just grit my teeth and ge a headache. If I'm making a lot of money off ethanol corn, I'd be proclaiming it's snake oil cure for everything too....not
