Recommended fuel additive?
Bought gas at a gas station a few blocks away from where I normally go. Filled my generator up... noticed it surging. What is a recommended additive, if there exists one, that might be able to und...
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Airstreamer67 wrote:
Quote: "It is their word against yours and there is no way for you to prove or disprove if the fuel they are selling is indeed alcohol free. Perhaps you should come up with a alcohol testing kit?"
Do a google search. There is a very simple technique to test for alcohol in gasoline. I do it myself to assure my stored fuel is free of that stuff. There are several stations in my area that sell alcohol-free fuel. A google search finds them readily.
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Yeah, right. They CAN'T put anything wrong on the Internet :h , pretty much ALL those reported alcohol free stations on the Internet websites are bogus (I have read many reports from folks stating that the stations listed near them DO NOT sell alcohol free gas).
If you believe them then boy do I have some prime ocean front land in Arizona to sell you...
I have several antique cars, tried for a long, long time to get ANY alcohol free gas including aviation gas (two small air ports near me, they WILL NOT SELL "AV" gas unless you HAVE a FAA tail number). Tried non alcohol racing gas (have a popular dirt sprint track within 15 miles of me), couldn't get that either, they only sell to the REGISTERED racing entries.
I can guarantee that even your supposed tests are false, alcohol laden gas HAS been sold across the US since the 1970s (remember "gasohol" which was a dismal failure, well they have been sneaking alcohol into the gas since then).
The concentration of alcohol VARIES from state to state and even county to county within in state according to what the EPA TELLS the supplier to mix the blend to.
If the EPA feels your county has too much smog then they FORCE the suppliers to provide the MAX of 10% alcohol blend to the affected area.
These are "designer" blends, so your county may have 5% (which may or may not be detected by your "test") and the county 2 miles from you will have the max of 10% MANDATED by the EPA.
Remember "Katrina", well the shortages of gas they endured caused the EPA to TEMPORARILY SUSPEND the designer blend rules in order to ALLOW OTHER BLENDS to be shipped in..
These designer blends also have a major effect on the cost due to supply and demand, that is why the prices can spike in an instant if something happens to one of the regional refineries or the supply of raw materials to that refinery.
You are more than welcome to turn a blind eye to the facts.
