ethanol treatment & generators
My mechanic suggests I use an ethanol treatment in my fuel tank to counteract the effects of ethanol on my generator and I have found this to work very well. It had been running a little rough even t...
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HiTech wrote:
Adam when I was in the car business we were modifying fuel lines to handle ethanol in the 80's and 90s. Cars have been designed to run well with E10 for over two decades now. Yes you do get worse fuel economy. Yes, if you have a high compression engine or forced induction, you will get More horsepower as well.
It's generally worse fuel than pure gas. But it's not that modern engines and fuel systems have any special problem with it.
Jim
I agree with you Jim. However, modifying the older engines, still doesn't solve the greater water accumulation caused by alcohol which then sits in the float bowl of a generator during storage.
