Goose I am glad your stuff is working with the fuel your using. I know too that your experience is not the norm. The trouble is that the ethanol raises the octane level very well. So they can blend it with a much cheaper base fuel. The blend does not store very well usually.
Between myself, my sons and my brother we repair over 100 small engines each year. This would be chains saws up to garden tractors. A very large percentage of the no run/start/surging problems we see are engines that will not start/run on the old gas in the tanks. Drain the gas and put fresh in "fixes" the majority of them. I am seeing way fewer fuel line issues as most newer fuel line is safe with reasonable levels of ethanol. Really do not get too many "varnish" issues either unless it is some thing stored for long periods of time. Fall to spring usually is not long enough.
The manuals I am taking about are the later ones. I started seeing them with the storage warnings in about 2015. Some of the 2017 manuals talk about warranty issues if older fuel is used. I know the JD warranty excludes fuel quality issues and age of fuel is one of the exclusions.
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