Gene I too have used ethanol fuel for a long time BUTTTT I have had trouble with it in many engines. The smaller the engine the more trouble. I got tired of cleaning the carburetors out on the weed eater and lawn mowers. So I have ponied up and bough the higher priced ethanol free fuel for my small engines the last 4-5 years. I have not had to clean as many carburetors.
I think the actual problem is not the ethanol. I think it is the fact that the ethanol has a much higher octane so the refiners can blend it with a much lower octane gas and still get the 87 octane that is the common gas. So when the ethanol is compromised by water or evaporation the remaining fuel will not work very well.
I also think that the varying results are supplier related. Different suppliers using a different base gas to blend with. If the base gas is pretty good quality then the troubles with the blend are much fewer.
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