I have read this over before plus have studied alcohol as fuel for many years.I have seen some problems with bad gas long before ethanol came into use.Methanol is destructive to zinc based castings .It is still used in gas line anti freeze. When Maine started using E10 I saw 2 pallets of gas line antifreeze at Sams Club .Didnt need it with E10 gas but it was still in use.Some methanol dry gas left in a chain saw tank raised hugh blisters in the metal.My garden tiller has a gasket in the gas in the gas cap that is swollen from E10 use.If methanol is passed off as ethanol and added to gasoline there will be problems.I see some who come to defense of ethanol when the subject come up.Same thing happened when I had a problem when I added a small amount of MMO to the gas in my Ford tractor.The tank valve became very hard to open and close.It took a year to ease up and now the is no ring left.I had the tractor for 20 years with no problems turning the valve by hand.Many came on defending MMO saying I was crazy.MMO contains 27% solvent so I question its use in a crank case.Ive found that prolonged idling of my tractor engine can gas foul the spark plugs.The tractor had new H10 plugs when I bought it.Drove it 15 miles home, ran fine.Then it started fouling spark plugs.Some new H12s fixed the problem.There was a lot of problems with snow mobile engines failing when E10 came into use here.Sticking valves are common with E10.I think E10 interfers with lubrication.My friend did experiments on phase seperation but never got any positive results.I avoid using the words never and always in discussions because things I thought were gospel have been proven wrong.Henry Ford was interested in alcohol as a motor fuel. The 28 and 29 Model As had a cast iron sediment bowl and carberator plus a main jet that could be adjusted from inside the car.Gasoline selling at 10 cents per gallon pushed alcohol fuel aside.
We sell tractor parts! We have the parts you need to repair your tractor - the right parts. Our low prices and years of research make us your best choice when you need parts. Shop Online Today. [ About Us ]
Today's Featured Article - Usin Your Implements: Bucket Loader - by Curtis Von Fange. Introduction: Dad was raised during the depression years of the thirties. As a kid he worked part time on a farm in Kansas doing many of the manual chores. Some of the more successful farmers of that day had a new time saving device called a tractor. It increased the farm productivity and, in general, made life easier because more work could be done with this 'mechanical beast'. My dad dreamed that some day he would have his own tractor with every implement he could get. When he rea
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
2022 John Deere 5045E, 4wd, front end loader and 3rd function with grapple. 120 hrs, 55k new, must sell
[More Ads]
All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy
TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V.