100% Gasoline vs 10% Ethanol
I have always heard that 100% gasoline is better for your engine. I have always payed a premium for 100% gasoline versus gasoline with Ethanol whenever possible. The other day I stumbled across and...
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10% ethanol won't hurt a thing unless you're expecting top performance or longevity of the fuel after it sits for....months.
Eth is actually better in some situations for some reasons and worse for others. But day to day, not an issue at all.
10% E doesn't eat up fuel lines in anything newer and if it's older, those hoses and seals were almost toast to begin with. I have mowers that were born when GW or maybe Clinton was in office that run Eth every year. They've had some new gas lines but 20 years is a good life from a $1 piece of rubber.
I shy away from Eth for things that will sit with the same gas for a long time or have specific, real, octane requirements or that don't adjust for detonation.
Daily drivers, boat during the summer, wheelers, mowers etc get eth.
If it's a seasonal use engine, and has a carb and can run out of fuel, eth is fine. EFI engines, I typically try to get the gas that's left in them as pure gas and stabilized.
It's more about making sure the fuel is stabilized and/or drained for varnish. Haven't had an issue in a long time, except the big generator a couple years ago, got some old cheap gas, never stabilized, drained, run dry. It varnished up the carb just like it should!
Eth is actually better in some situations for some reasons and worse for others. But day to day, not an issue at all.
10% E doesn't eat up fuel lines in anything newer and if it's older, those hoses and seals were almost toast to begin with. I have mowers that were born when GW or maybe Clinton was in office that run Eth every year. They've had some new gas lines but 20 years is a good life from a $1 piece of rubber.
I shy away from Eth for things that will sit with the same gas for a long time or have specific, real, octane requirements or that don't adjust for detonation.
Daily drivers, boat during the summer, wheelers, mowers etc get eth.
If it's a seasonal use engine, and has a carb and can run out of fuel, eth is fine. EFI engines, I typically try to get the gas that's left in them as pure gas and stabilized.
It's more about making sure the fuel is stabilized and/or drained for varnish. Haven't had an issue in a long time, except the big generator a couple years ago, got some old cheap gas, never stabilized, drained, run dry. It varnished up the carb just like it should!
