That seems like a lot of trouble! And what do you do with the left over water/alcohol mix?
In my area most gasoline is 10% ethanol. But one station sells no ethanol premium gas. It is a bit more expensive than the regular mix, but not that much.
I know the owner of that station. He gets the no ethanol premium gas out of Montana, and it costs him more than the regular stuff that is available in Spokane. But he gets the no alcohol product because of consumer demand--people buy it. I use it in my chain saws and other 2 cycle equipment, as it is supposed to work better for them.
Unless there is some kind of a state law that says ALL gasoline has to have a percentage of alcohol in it, I bet there is someone that sells gasoline without any alcohol in it.
For most things, I have not had any problems using the common gasoline with alcohol in it. When the mixes first came out years ago, I found that I needed to change fuel filters more often, but then that problem seemed to go away. I think that most things built in the last 30 years have been engineered to handle contact with alcohol.
But maybe it might be worth it to avoid alcohol/gasoline in old tractors, especially ones that are very seldom run. I just think that removing the alcohol from a mix, while maybe possible, is extremely cumbersome. And I would BET that the resulting gas would have more water in it than would be preferable. We always used to add ALCOHOL to gas in the winter to avoid gas line freezing! Good luck!
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