Anyone try this fuel?
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From: NW Ohio
Seafoam is light oil dissolved in naptha and alcohol. If you hate Alchy, try a couple dribbles of MMO.
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From: Spring Hill Kansas
Around here 91 is the highest you can find, 87 ,89, 91.
I would like the ease of finding none ethanol fuel so I could atleast make the switch for winter time.
If we have a bad winter small engines around here set for 2 or 3 months atleast and by spring the fuel has gone bad if you did not spend the time and money to treat the fuel before you put it away.
If it was ethanol free it would not be a big deal at all, other wise it would not matter so much for me.
I would like the ease of finding none ethanol fuel so I could atleast make the switch for winter time.
If we have a bad winter small engines around here set for 2 or 3 months atleast and by spring the fuel has gone bad if you did not spend the time and money to treat the fuel before you put it away.
If it was ethanol free it would not be a big deal at all, other wise it would not matter so much for me.
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I run Lucus safeguard in all my carburetorated vehicle’s. The fuel injected wide glide gets straight pump gas, no additives. A little sea foam to get her threw the winter.
A couple years back ethanol ate threw this fuel line. It could have really put the fire in firebird literally.
I would if they sold it in ct.
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From: New Hampsha
91 here in the states (R+M/2, called "Anti Knock Index", or "Posted Octane") is not the same as 91 in Europe and the UK, which use RON or Research Octane Number. In fact, 91 AKI is about the same as 95 RON. So, the blue stuff is (only) one number below the recommended fuel.
E10 works fine in modern vehicles. Just don't leave it in the tank too long. Untreated, it's only good for a couple of months at the most. Since we have a winter, no-riding season, I always fill the tanks with fresh fuel, treated with Sta-Bil, at the end of the season (after the Veteran's Day Ride). In the spring I drain the tanks and put the gas in one of the cars, and refill the bikes with fresh gas.
OTOH, ethanol in fuel has caused tremendous damage to countless older chain saws, lawn mowers, outboard motors, trimmers, automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, you name it; anything that wasn't designed to use the stuff. IMHO, it is evil. If the feds are going to require it, then they should also require non-ethanol fuel to be made available. (JMO...)
E10 works fine in modern vehicles. Just don't leave it in the tank too long. Untreated, it's only good for a couple of months at the most. Since we have a winter, no-riding season, I always fill the tanks with fresh fuel, treated with Sta-Bil, at the end of the season (after the Veteran's Day Ride). In the spring I drain the tanks and put the gas in one of the cars, and refill the bikes with fresh gas.
OTOH, ethanol in fuel has caused tremendous damage to countless older chain saws, lawn mowers, outboard motors, trimmers, automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, you name it; anything that wasn't designed to use the stuff. IMHO, it is evil. If the feds are going to require it, then they should also require non-ethanol fuel to be made available. (JMO...)
Last edited by John CC; Sep 2, 2018 at 01:13 PM.
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From: Indianapolis
91 here in the states (R+M/2, called "Anti Knock Index", or "Posted Octane") is not the same as 91 in Europe and the UK, which use RON or Research Octane Number. In fact, 91 AKI is about the same as 95 RON. So, the blue stuff is (only) one number below the recommended fuel.
E10 works fine in modern vehicles. Just don't leave it in the tank too long. Untreated, it's only good for a couple of months at the most. Since we have a winter, no-riding season, I always fill the tanks with fresh fuel, treated with Sta-Bil, at the end of the season (after the Veteran's Day Ride). In the spring I drain the tanks and put the gas in one of the cars, and refill the bikes with fresh gas.
OTOH, ethanol in fuel has caused tremendous damage to countless older chain saws, lawn mowers, outboard motors, trimmers, automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, you name it; anything that wasn't designed to use the stuff. IMHO, it is evil. If the feds are going to require it, then they should also require non-ethanol fuel to be made available. (JMO...)
E10 works fine in modern vehicles. Just don't leave it in the tank too long. Untreated, it's only good for a couple of months at the most. Since we have a winter, no-riding season, I always fill the tanks with fresh fuel, treated with Sta-Bil, at the end of the season (after the Veteran's Day Ride). In the spring I drain the tanks and put the gas in one of the cars, and refill the bikes with fresh gas.
OTOH, ethanol in fuel has caused tremendous damage to countless older chain saws, lawn mowers, outboard motors, trimmers, automobiles, motorcycles, airplanes, you name it; anything that wasn't designed to use the stuff. IMHO, it is evil. If the feds are going to require it, then they should also require non-ethanol fuel to be made available. (JMO...)
I have a Lawnboy mower that sat for over 5 years with gas in the tank. It needed a new coil, I installed the new coil and it fired right up and is still running fine 3 years later. My chainsaw sits for months without being started and it starts every time. Same for the gas trimmer, leaf blower, generator, and snow blower. I do put Stabil in the gas I keep around the house starting in the fall.
I have NEVER had a fuel or fuel delivery problem in anything I've owned that uses or used plain old pump gasoline as a fuel. Apparently I'm doing something wrong, or that Stabil is a miracle elixir...
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From: Honah Lee
Hundreds of millions of motor vehicles, lawnmowers, internal combustion powered equipment, etc...run just fine with zero problems on plain old pump gas. IMO, there are other things in life MUCH more important than worrying about whether there is some ethanol in your gasoline. This issue doesn't even appear on my radar screen, and definitely not worth the time, added cost, and effort to find ethanol free fuel.
I just don't get it...
I just don't get it...
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From: Niles Canyon Ca.
Guess that's one of the pluses of living in Cali. never have to worry about gas going bad over this winter you all speak of, if anything I have to consciously make the effort to drive the truck every couple months to keep the battery up and flush all that bad gas through, a tank will last 4 or 5 months in it.
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