427435 wrote:
As for E10 causing problems, I'm still waiting for one from my "fleet" which includes:
I can't attribute E10 to any specific carb problems either. I've left it in small engines and big engines for years at a time and still didn't have any more carb problems than I'd have gotten with non-ethanol gas. If anything, the varnish problem with modern gasoline is less than what it was in the so-called 'good old days'.
Carburetors getting gummed up by stale gas isn't a new problem. In the early '70's, one of my first tasks as the new helper in my grandfathers repair shop was de-gunking the varnish in carbs that had been left full of gas over winter. It was a very common problem long before there was any E10.
Now days I leave E10 gas in carbs over winter all the time, with rarely an issue.
