Pulling ethanol out of gas

jplante4 wrote:

Gdetrailer wrote:

jplante4 wrote:
Go to the local general aviation airport and get some 100LL Avgas. Should be somewhere around $5 a gallon. We sell a lot for snowblowers and a local antique car museum. Doesn't work well in Honda 4 stokers. Remains stable for years.

NOPE, Not gonna happen in PA..

Local airports near me ALL require LEGIT FAA TAIL NUMBERS BEFORE THEY WILL SELL AV GAS.

Wow, a state MORE restrictive than Mass. Some airports have stopped selling Avgas quoting a non-existing FAA rule, but it's really just liability worries. There's even one airpark here where you can pull up to the pump and fill your car.

Yeah, you are not gonna just "pull up" with a auto at least with my local small town airports and help yourself to AV gas.. Those pumps are typically INSIDE a fenced off area away from general public access.

AV gas and Racing gas in PA is sold WITHOUT PA STATE ROAD TAXES, the act of filling your vehicle up with it IS tax evasion.

Supposedly "Gas Buddy" reports of one station that sells non Ethanol gas locally, but I never have been able to confirm that and not to mention that is 20 miles ONE WAY out of my way..

I have seen small 1 pint containers of "pure gas" being sold in some stores locally for lawnmowers and other small engines.. But at $5-$6 A PINT I cannot see any "savings" to be had for a "just in case" Ethanol "might" hurt a engine situation.

You do realize, for small engines you can buy BRAND NEW carbs dirt cheap?

A couple of yrs ago, I needed to replace the fuel pump diaphragm on a 25 yr old Briggs engine.. The diaphragm and gasket kit cost $12 and a complete NEW BRIGGS carb with new diaphragm and gaskets cost $15..

Even the fabled Honda engine carbs can be had dirt cheap, a popular 6.5 HP Honda NEW carb costs a mere $19..

Just not worth the hassle to worry about Ethanol, over 35 yrs of driving/ownership of gas powered equipment and vehicles I have not as of yet had a single FAILURE caused from Ethanol content in fuel..

Don't get me wrong, I am NOT "pro E gas", far from it, just saying that MY own results and analysis does not "line up" to give me any substantial "proof" that E gas damages or harms fuel systems..

I did have one of my generators end up with a carb issue, but it was MY fault since I was in a hurry and dumped the entire contents of a gas can into the gen tank..

I never as a rule do that, never know how good the gas pump filters are at stations.. I always stop pouring when it gets near the bottom of a gas can, didn't that time. Yeah, found DIRT/GRIT in the bottom of the gas can after the gen shut down minutes later..

Had to dump the fuel bowl and tank, remove and clean the main jet..

It was a cold winters' night and no power.. Glad to have a wood burner, but that works better when you have fans to move the heat around the house.

Lessen learned AND installed a paper fuel filter between the tank and carb..

Yeah, most small engines often do not have ANY filtering..

Most small engine shops and I would dare say MARINE shops are making tons of money off of unsuspecting folks in the name of E gas, selling them unnecessary expensive parts and labor costs and blaming E gas for the damage..

Carbs CAN be cleaned/fixed and often are not hard to do. I have one that is about 115 yrs old and it has no issue with E gas.. In fact it even had a brass float instead of a cork float that was typical of 1890s-1930's-40's..