10% Ethanol Fuel Problems Kills 2 cycle engines ETC

[bertsmobile1]

LOL, The Seafoam*, but I'm not too terribly far behind it.. :laughing:

But on a percentage basis, you get closer to it every year.:confused2:
Stats are wonderful arn't they :laughing:

 

[7394]

But on a percentage basis, you get closer to it every year.:confused2:
Stats are wonderful arn't they :laughing:

Bert- I hadn't considered that.....:confused2: But as I age, so does the date Seafoam was made.

 

[bertsmobile1]

Bert- I hadn't considered that.....:confused2: But as I age, so does the date Seafoam was made.

This is how you tell lies with satistics
The percentage is your age difference /seafoams age x100
If I was 10 years older than you then you would be 90% younger than me at age 1
By the time you get to be 100 you would only be 9.1% younger than me.
Thus getting closer every year
Used extensively by shonks to make rubbish investment look like a good deal

 

[Scrubcadet10]

When you turn from 1 to 2 your age doubles :tongue:

 

[7394]

This is how you tell lies with satistics
The percentage is your age difference /seafoams age x100
If I was 10 years older than you then you would be 90% younger than me at age 1
By the time you get to be 100 you would only be 9.1% younger than me.
Thus getting closer every year
Used extensively by shonks to make rubbish investment look like a good deal

Ahh, I can see clearly now..

When you turn from 1 to 2 your age doubles :tongue:

I can't even remember back that far, I'm getting so old, I fart dust.

 

[cpurvis]

Here's a testimonial for non-ethanol gas.

I have a Husqvarna 55 chain saw. The last time I used it was last spring. It still had gas in it from that outing, which was felling a big, dead black locust tree and cutting up the limbs. That was sometime in late March or early April.

Had to trim some trees today. Saw started and ran fine. No additives used.

 

[7394]

Here's a testimonial for non-ethanol gas.

I have a Husqvarna 55 chain saw. The last time I used it was last spring. It still had gas in it from that outing, which was felling a big, dead black locust tree and cutting up the limbs. That was sometime in late March or early April.

Had to trim some trees today. Saw started and ran fine. No additives used.

:thumbsup: That is the ticket.

I read that e-10 is banned in Alaska ? IIRC ?

 

[cpurvis]

:thumbsup: That is the ticket.

I read that e-10 is banned in Alaska ? IIRC ?

I hadn't heard that but it looks like it's true. On the Pure Gas website it lists "ALL Alaska Gas Stations" in "Any Town" as having "87, 91, and 93" octane ethanol-free fuel.

 

[7394]

I hadn't heard that but it looks like it's true. On the Pure Gas website it lists "ALL Alaska Gas Stations" in "Any Town" as having "87, 91, and 93" octane ethanol-free fuel.

Thanks for verifying it Cpurvis. I read it on a Harley forum.

IMO, it costs more to make corn gas that I see as a benefit.

 

[PTmowerMech]

Sorry For New Post. Read thru 7 pages for info. Forum searches never work for me. Anyhow - We have 10% ethenol year round in WA state (Nice scam someone is getting mega rich from).

I have never done anything with my push mowers and they seem to start in the spring. Does Ethenol Kill small 2 cycle engines because they are smaller and the carbs have tiny openings that clog easier than cars/trucks and push mower engines?

I have a Shindaiwa T242 laying around that I should fix some day. Bought a nice Echo because nosy neighbor is a **** about weed seeds blowing over fence. Yesterday I poured old gas out of it and poured in a small amount of $5 ethanol free 50:1 bottle gas then ran it dry. I ssume the $5 bottle gas is able to sit on shelf at Home Depot just because its sealed up very tightly?

I put "Stabile" in the T242 thinking that would keep it fresh over the winter. Didn't work at all.

What do most of you do about this stupid problem. I guess I could start a check list and drive around starting up 3 mowers and 2 line trimers, chain saw etc a few times a month during the winter! Worst of all is a seldom used boat with a massive 5.7 liter V8 and 60 gallon gas tank. Didn't use it a single time this year but I bet it will start next year. I DOES have a Volvo water seperating fuel filter though. Do cars/trucks use more expensive rubber parts and what not? Is it fuel injection that makes them different than small engines?


Seems like ethanol thing is just like low flush toilets that you end up flushing twice and a lot of other Guv Mandated stuff that just creates more problems?

Interesting How WA state had a yearly vehicle emissions scam going for at least 20 years and now they are supposdely going to let it phaze out in 2020. (some one didn't pony up enough payolla or something? ) Can't think of ANY other "tax" that has ever gone away! Pretty wierd given all the Carbon BS and our Governer being the Top Promotor of said BS!

Sorry off topic - but how to keep 2 cycle equipment working w/o using it once a week!?

Gas itself goes bad. Whether is got ethanol in it or not. Always has.