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Is regular unleaded gas ok for riding mowers?

aherndf said:

Is regular unleaded gas ok for riding mowers?

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The only gas to use.

You can use regular unleaded gas it's ok but I prefer the Premium gas. I run the Premium in all my stuff.

aherndf said:

Is regular unleaded gas ok for riding mowers?

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Yes just keep up with maintenance and drain gas at end of yyear

So long as u polish yur spark plugs at the end of the seasn.

lawnjob said:

So long as u polish yur spark plugs at the end of the seasn.

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Or buy a new one for what 3 dollars give or take.

aherndf said:

Is regular unleaded gas ok for riding mowers?

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Um, yes.

Ric said:

You can use regular unleaded gas it's ok but I prefer the Premium gas. I run the Premium in all my stuff.

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Why do you prefer Premium over regular?

What kind of moron misspells "fuel"? I'd keep him away from lawn equipment.

lawnjob said:

So long as u polish yur spark plugs at the end of the seasn.

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Never heard of polish yur spark plugs? Just what do you mean by that? Back some years ago we would sand blast spark plugs to clean them. I really don't think they recommend doing that anymore. Also like said in a earlier post only 3 dollars for a new spark plug.

bush-of-sasquatch said:

What kind of moron misspells "fuel"? I'd keep him away from lawn equipment.

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? Interesting

bush-of-sasquatch said:

What kind of moron misspells "fuel"? I'd keep him away from lawn equipment.

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I agree :laughing:

bush-of-sasquatch said:

What kind of moron misspells "fuel"? I'd keep him away from lawn equipment.

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Who really cares?

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

Carscw said:

Who really cares?

(( racing is the only sport that you need two balls ))

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I've seen some opinions raised but I think name calling and insulting is a little over the top huh?

What kind of Ethanol stabilizer should be considered...???

Boudreaux said:

What kind of Ethanol stabilizer should be considered...???

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Seafoam is what I use if I ever use it

It is possible that it (spelling Fuel as Feul) was a typo that was not noticed until after hitting enter ! My fingers do their own thing sometimes.

I've seen others with spelling and other errors (including myself) -- I try to just "let it go" .

Most places that sell any fuel treatments will have a few different ones for ethanol. I happen to like the Marine formula from Sta-Bil.

bush-of-sasquatch said:

What kind of moron misspells "fuel"? I'd keep him away from lawn equipment.

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X-man said:

Um, yes.



Why do you prefer Premium over regular?

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The equipment seems to run better for me if I use the premium gas and I know what everyone will say but that's just me. I look at it like it ( the Premium ) isn't hurting anything to run it and I would assume it would be better than the regular gas so why not, especially when I buy it for basically the same price as the regular.

Here premium is only 91 octane. I like it. I like it even better if it is the non ethanol 91. I still use some kind of fuel stabilizer. It does not seem to hurt and I think helps. I use Stabil, Briggs, MTD, about any kind. Stabil the last two years. The old timers here all use Seafoam. I do not know what kind of guys miss spell fuel. I do know what kind of guys make a big deal of it.

possum said:

Here premium is only 91 octane. I like it. I like it even better if it is the non ethanol 91. I still use some kind of fuel stabilizer. It does not seem to hurt and I think helps. I use Stabil, Briggs, MTD, about any kind. Stabil the last two years. The old timers here all use Seafoam. I do not know what kind of guys miss spell fuel. I do know what kind of guys make a big deal of it.

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A local small motors shop is reccomending people burn aviation fuel in small motors I was recently told.

jekjr said:

A local small motors shop is reccomending people burn aviation fuel in small motors I was recently told.

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That's interesting.

I have been experimenting I put some mid grade in my small equipment this time and oh my goodness I'm sold the higher octane burns hotter and warms the engine faster

possum said:

Here premium is only 91 octane. I like it. I like it even better if it is the non ethanol 91. I still use some kind of fuel stabilizer. It does not seem to hurt and I think helps. I use Stabil, Briggs, MTD, about any kind. Stabil the last two years. The old timers here all use Seafoam. I do not know what kind of guys miss spell fuel. I do know what kind of guys make a big deal of it.

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We buy Sunoco gas, here the premium is 93 octane. Never used any stabilizer, I don't keep gas long enough for that stuff and do to the fact I run four different mowers a day I can't afford the stuff. The ethanol is something that has never been an issue for me in any of my mowers or equipment. I take that back, I replaced all the gas caps on my Stihl equipment through a Stihl Recall, they said the rubber seals were going bad do to the ethanol gas and that didn't cost me anything.

bush-of-sasquatch said:

What kind of moron misspells "fuel"? I'd keep him away from lawn equipment.

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What kind of moron would write a post like this? To bad the world isn't as perfect as you.

exotion said:

That's interesting.

I have been experimenting I put some mid grade in my small equipment this time and oh my goodness I'm sold the higher octane burns hotter and warms the engine faster

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That particular shop is probably one of the older shops in this area. They have been in business since the 1970's.

I just bought a new machine the owners manual states use 87 octane and up , iirc. You WILL get nasty backfires running low octane I bent valves on one engine with that crap. Since , I've run all my small engines on 91octane. I haven't had a backfire since.
I used to mix race gas into my portable tank mixed with 87octane but its expensive. Octane matters especially in the heat. Cold air you can run lower octane.



87 octane is for feuls. :laughing: