Ethanol free gas!!!!!!!!

[country0001]

Straight gas isn't a stations choice as this old lady will soon learn. It's a mandate more or less that will be all over soon enough.

It is for awhile longer in OK.

When I inspect stations, I make sure that they post stickers saying that they contain Ethanol. I also test the gas for % of ethanol. It usuall hovers around 7%.

The biggest problem is that using ethanol forces people to do maintanece on their vehicle, l;ike changing fuel filters and such. Its a cleaner.

On the plus side it boosts octane levels

 

[daniel3507]

Im just glad there is a station right down the street from me with pure gas. They have 89 octane ethanol and 87 and 91 octane real gas.

 

[Chance]

Yep, even my Flex-Fuel Ranger lost mileage when they started doing that "contains up to 10% ethanol" bs.

This. The ranger did not like e10 at all.

e-10 killed the carb in my scout, and I've seen several of my city slicker neighbors kill their lawnmowers putting e-10 in them...

Made me feel smart that we went out and got clear gas for all our small engines.

I've been running 92 non-ethanol in my integra since I got the thing so I don't have a comparison on it... my scout runs much better off of it too... although 92 is overkill for that thing.

 

[country0001]

Im just glad there is a station right down the street from me with pure gas. They have 89 octane ethanol and 87 and 91 octane real gas.

Be prepared. Its rumored that there will only be one grade of regular gas in OK before too long, haven't heard any thing for sure. Just keep an eye on the placement of the stickers. The gas stations are still trying to hide it.

 

[Shran]

Ethanol in its current form is simply a subsidy for corn farmers. It is a big deal out here and I can see why. It used to be that if you couldn't sell your corn as food or livestock feed then you went under but now you can get government handouts, so instead of growing food, everyone wants to grow corn now so they can get their piece of the pie.

 

[adsm08]

my 78 wouldn't run on this stuff either. It already had carb problems before the ethanol carp, but it missed and just wouldn't run right on E-10.

It was so bad that I thought I had a bad engine mount.

 

[Spitfire1975]

The closest pure gas station to me is 25 miles away. Maybe I should go out of my way and do a couple of fill-ups with it and see if my miss goes away.

 

[Irokranger93]

Highly corrosive, a gallon of straight ethanol has roughly 1/2 the energy of a gallon of gas and costs more to make and sell, and unless its made from pure sugar cane ethanol fuel is a net carbon producer, despite the fact that one of it's main marketed purposes is to reduce overall carbon dioxide emissions.

Even E85 vehicles running E85 get worse mileage than they would on regular gas, they just have the equipment to run smoother on it and the parts of their fuel system are made from materials that better resist the corrosive effects of the alcohol.

If anyone cares to question me on that I will go pull up the Ford flex fuel training manuals and copy/paste the info.

Highly corrosive e85 bad idea alternative

 

[dhinch279]

There is an entire county 7 miles south of me, St. Francis County, in Missouri that doesn't allow the ethanol in their gas. From what I have heard, conventional gas (the non-ethanol gas) tends to pollute the air, causing smog in densely populated areas. Ethanol pollution supposedly is heavier and lies along the ground eventually polluting the water tables, but it reduces smog. Which is why cities and more densely populated areas always have ethanol.

What I know about ethanol, is that it is not good for carburetors, at least not on my 1982 cb750. It will dry up the rubber internals (like the thin diaphrams in CV carbs) and cause them to crack, leaving you with poorly running motorcycle. (keep in mind that it takes awhile to do that, but I have 4 of them and at $48 a piece I'd rather practice a little preventive maintenance)

I just drive the extra 10-15 minutes south and fill up a 5 gallon gas tank with 93 octane premium and use it to fill the motorcycle up, avoid that issue altogether

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

The really cool part about ethonal is very little water can seperate out the whole tank, so you then have straight gas and alcohol seperated out along with whatever water there is from condensation.

My Ranger acts like the fuel line is freezing with E10 in the winter. My tractors do not like it all, straight alcohol doesn't go over well with an engine that has 6.5:1 compression brand new...

My F-150 doesn't really care one way or the other. Milage is a little worse but the fuel is cheaper so it is about a wash. I run straight so I don't goof up and get E10 for something else.

Here 87 octane is straight, 89 is E10, 91-93 is straight I think but too pricey for me to even worry about.

 

[craveman85]

the old lady with the straight gas station is about 30 miles from me but luckily its only about 3 from work so i can head over there before i go into work and fill up gas jugs and my truck of choice for the day. when my 04 gets down below a quarter tank ill fill it up with straight and never touch ethanol unless absolutely necessary as long as i can. filled up my 95 today and noticed that my sputter when i push the pedal stopped. hmm... a connection between ethanol and a poorly running truck? i better keep quiet or the govnt will have me disappear. oh i can also go up hills in 5th gear again.

 

[snomaker321]

The only place I know of anywhere even close to here is on lakes for boats, but it runs a good $0.50 more per gallon.

I wonder if e10 could have been a contributing factor to my engine problems

 

[daniel3507]

Be prepared. Its rumored that there will only be one grade of regular gas in OK before too long, haven't heard any thing for sure. Just keep an eye on the placement of the stickers. The gas stations are still trying to hide it.

Man i hope not. I like to fill up with the 91 octane pure gas when going to stillwater.

 

[BigJohn76]

i dont know what your guy's problems are with ethanol. i run it in everything except my bike and 69 XL. the mowers and trucks dont seem to mind. if you want the most energy per gallon go get a diesel.

 

[Ranger Kip]

We have a gas station here that has ethenol free gas. Very useful for older vehicles.