Posted by RMinVa on March 25, 2011 at 21:38:28 from (67.142.166.20):
In Reply to: ethanol questions posted by Bob Bancroft on March 25, 2011 at 16:50:34:
About a month ago I read on a forum that I frequent that on the east coast ethanol (10%) was added(dumped in the tank) at the terminal where the tankers filled to deliver to gas stations. In other areas of the country where e85 is used the ethanol was blended in the gasoline at the refinery. It seems where the ethanol is just dumped in the tanks with gasoline before delivery is where the problem comes. The first part of last year I used gas with 10% ethanol. Problems I had was mainly with chainsaw gas. If the gas I mixed sat in the can over 10 days the ethanol separated and then turned cloudy with moisture and none of the saws would start after that. So I'd dump the gas and mix up a new batch and the saws would start and run again.
The little country store I buy my gas from started getting ethanol free gas around August last year. Went through the winter with no chainsaw problems. With the high humidity we have on the east coast states even 10% ethanol is a problem if it isn't used/burned within 10 days. Gas starts to smell old after 10 days too. My lawn mower and leaf vac. sat with 10% ethanol gas in them till Dec. and started getting leaves up then. Filled them both with gas and both started leaking gas from all the gas hoses on them both at the same time. They were leaking bad enough that I wouldn't run them in fear of a fire. Replaced all fuel lines on them then. I just hope we can continue to get ethanol free gas till the issue is resolved.
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