Recent content by Tbone0106

Exactly. If your weed-whacker or your chainsaw quits because the gas is junk, oh well. Time to go through the carb. But if the little Continental flat-four in your Piper Cub takes a shit when you're buzzing along 3,000 feet above the surface of the earth, that ain't funny. When it's...

I didn't say there were a couple dozen places to get non-ethanol gasoline on your street. I said there are a couple dozen places in Massachusetts to get non-ethanol gas. It is very difficult to get here in Ohio also. Marinas and airports are the most likely places, and airports often won't...

I had a Briggs V-twin last summer on a zero-turn that showed symptoms of BOTH running too lean AND running too rich. It acted too lean when it was cold and just started, but then behaved like it was choking to death after running for a few minutes. Drove me crazy. (There are some that say that...

There are actually a couple dozen places in Taxachusetts to get the pure stuff. Many are at marinas or airports, where people tend to be VERY serious about the gas they put in their tanks.

I can't count the times I've cracked carbs that are infested with deposits of rust or lime. These things are not carried with gasoline. They come with WATER, which ethanol brings along as its pal. Sure, sometimes it's a problem with a spark plug, or a kill wire getting pinched, or a really...

Good stuff here. The word is "hydrophilic." Ethanol is hydrophilic, meaning that it really likes water, even to the point of attracting the moisture out of the air. In fact, you can actually make your own ethanol-free gas from the E10 stuff by mixing it with regular tap water and letting the...