Pulling ethanol out of gas
I have seen several YouTube videos of people separating ethanol from gas. Anyone tried this for your generators or yard equipment? To buy pure gas at Lowes or Home Depot you pay about $8 a gallon or...
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The only time you run into issues with Ethanol is if you have been running straight gas for a while and then switch. The ethanol dissolves the built up gunk.
If you run it from day 1 it never builds up.
If you are getting phase separation due to water getting in the gas, fix the leak that's letting rain water in (or put it in the garage). I ran the numbers one time for a worst case scenario on a 200gal boat fuel tank. Over the course of the winter, worst case from the airborne moisture, it was about a teaspoon of water than could be squeezed out. In a 1/2gal lawnmower tank it wouldn't even be a drop.
A little fuel stabilizer isn't a bad idea but not really critical.
If you run it from day 1 it never builds up.
If you are getting phase separation due to water getting in the gas, fix the leak that's letting rain water in (or put it in the garage). I ran the numbers one time for a worst case scenario on a 200gal boat fuel tank. Over the course of the winter, worst case from the airborne moisture, it was about a teaspoon of water than could be squeezed out. In a 1/2gal lawnmower tank it wouldn't even be a drop.
A little fuel stabilizer isn't a bad idea but not really critical.
