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mockturtle
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May 23, 2013

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 though I just had the carb cleaned. However, it gets expensive with a 55 gallon fuel tank. Is there any other solution to this problem? (I am not a mechanic).
  • I use Star Tron ( Cliky ) in everything, cars, RV, lawn tractor, etc.
    Since I started using it everything seems to start better and run better, even after sitting for a long time.
    When I started using it in my oldest car it started throwing codes that indicated problems with a couple of the injectors, I didn't get around to working on them right away and within a couple of weeks the codes went away, now the car runs better than ever. I think the enzymes were eating away at accumulated gunk in the tank and lines clogging up the injectors which eventually cleared.
    Considering all the claims made by star tron it sounds a bit like snake oil but all I can say is it appears to work.
    As for the cost, after the initial dose I use 1oz per 16 gallons of fuel.
    I hope the government doesn't jack up the ethanol content like they are talking about.
  • Out West, COSTCO gasolines, and ARCO both contain "likker". I know when I get a load of alcohol laced gasoline when my mileage deceases 10%. Oh yeah, burning more fuel "helps" the environment. Bernie Madoff could have endorsed such asinine reasoning and got away with it. Blame it on ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND and their massive political campaigns, and congressional "freebies".

    As far as I know NO TOP TIER GASOLINE CONTAINS ALCOHOL in Washington. Chevron and Shell gasoline are top tier.

    I'll start using alcohol laced gasoline when congressmen start adding a couple of drops of DAWN® liquid dishwashing detergent to their cocktails.
  • Yeah. Don't use ethanol-containing gasoline.

    I have no idea where you would find it in your area. Around here there are a number of Marathon stations, along with some independents who carry it, usually with a huge banner somewhere proclaiming its presence.

    You'll have to look around for it.

    But don't expect to save much money, as it is more expensive than the usual 10% ethanol at most gas pumps.

    With a 55 gallon tank, I'm just guessing, but is this a genny that runs off your MH's main fuel tank? If so, perhaps your best bet is to give it its own dedicated fuel tank. This does have a couple of drawbacks: besides having to buy and mount the aux tank, you are likely going to see stale-fuel issues unless you run that genny a lot.

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