Fuel

[Hammermechanicman]

Bullshit. Every piece of equipment 40+ years old has already been converted to bunaN or other ethanol proof materials.

Some of the very low end handhelds use "yellow " fuel line that is not the real Tygon stuff and E10 will turn it to mush in one season.

 

[Smithsonite]

Yep, I've seen that as well. Marketers years back always pushed that stuff as "ethanol resistant fuel line" - stuff was absolute garbage!

I ended up doing my own research, and testing as it happened. Found Tygothane / Versilon clear hose in formulation C-210-A to be the best, truly fuel-resistant hose on the market today. I installed miles upon miles of the stuff in chainsaw and weedwhacker / string-trimmer fuel tanks, and the stuff has withstood the test of time without ever getting rock hard. It'll turn a bronze color - that's it! Why everyone sold the yellow garbage as "fuel resistant" is mind boggling.

The very first install of the stuff was on my '74 Yamaha RD350 on both the fuel and oil injection lines back in 2012 - the stuff is still working like the first day it was installed.

 

[Skippydiesel]

Bullshit. Every piece of equipment 40+ years old has already been converted to bunaN or other ethanol proof materials.

FYI - This Forum is read/contributed too, by people in other countries, where E petrol blends are not mandatory, so not even 10 year old equipment has been converted, let alone 40+years.

 

[RevB]

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