Re: Buying non ethanol gas for small engines

Posted by pete 23 on November 16, 2019 at 12:27:07 from (45.52.56.205):

In Reply to: Buying non ethanol gas for small engines posted by Rkh on November 15, 2019 at 07:46:10:

No doubt Ethanol gives some problems. Then the other problem is like two of my riding mowers that have never had anything except 10 per cent ethanol gasoline used in them since I acquired them in 2006. One was new, other is a 81 model Cub Cadet 672. Haven't had any fuel related problems with either. Never drain them, never add additives and they both just sit in the barn all winter.

Then you have one of my H Farmalls. Complete teardown and going over (I'm not a believer in calling them restored as they are only new one time). Last fall I added some Sea Foam because it didn't want to idle quite like it should. Well, this spring, no gas flow to carburetor. Well, just blow out line to tank, nope, take off sediment bowl, no flow out of tank. Drained tank with hose, removed sediment bowl shut off assembly. The inlet was totally coated with white looking hard crud.

Cleaned it and carburetor and all is good. That Sea Foam really reacted with something that was in the tank or gasoline.

A few years ago , former customer brought in a carburetor from his Super H Farmall . Never saw a carburetor so gummed up. Had to sand blast the crud out of the bowl. He had treated it with Sea Foam before putting it away for the winter.

I have burned ethanol blend in my cars and pickup since 1987 no fuel related problems.

Never use ethanol blend in chain saws or two cycle trimmer. The hoses on trimmer turned hard as a carp last year.

I have seen fuel line hoses turn brittle with ethanol blend on older equipment.

Had a 300 Farmall that it looked like someone had poured tar in the intake ports. That was right at the time the 706 was new as he had not put that gasoline in his 706 yet. Maybe 1964, long before ethanol blends. And so it goes. GAS GETS BAD, AlWAYS HAS, AlWAYS WILL.

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