Interesting, I still use the gas that I flush out my methanol fueled drag car with. Guess it keeps the moisture out.
I fill my mower with the left over race gas, it last for months without going off.
The one thing that I would love to see addressed is the fact that while ethanol will attract water, it also is the exact thing we put IN our tanks in the winter so that the water goes harmlessly through the system. Its miscible quality with water is what makes that ethanol so valuable when water gets in our gasoline.
The same vented gas cap lets the same moisture into your lawnmower tank regardless of whether or not the fuel has ethanol in it. I would rather have 10% ethanol and 2% water than have no ethanol and 1% water.
In my really old lawn mower....early 1980's...I also add a lead additive like I use in my 68 and 69 cars.
Curtis73 (Forum Supporter) said:
The one thing that I would love to see addressed is the fact that while ethanol will attract water, it also is the exact thing we put IN our tanks in the winter so that the water goes harmlessly through the system. Its miscible quality with water is what makes that ethanol so valuable when water gets in our gasoline.
The same vented gas cap lets the same moisture into your lawnmower tank regardless of whether or not the fuel has ethanol in it. I would rather have 10% ethanol and 2% water than have no ethanol and 1% water.
Also why HEET is obsolete in winter in the majority of the country that has e10. If your fuel is 10% ethanol, you have two gallons of it in a 20 gallon tank......why add 12 more ounces?
As I have said many times, I use the same gas as in my car. 10% ethanol. No problems at all.
sits all offseason with a little Stabil.
My 30 yr. old Craftsman mower starts and runs just fine.
lol $23 a gallon ...... hilarious! Race fuel for your $150 weedwacker? Does it have to be Sunoco, specifically? :D
While you're at it, that washer fluid you use in your car is only 30% methanol. If you really care about your windshield performing its best, just dump pure undiluted methanol in there.............. ;)
But seriously, GRM, if you really must have E-Free, you guys can drive 3 miles down the road to Halifax Harbor Marina (or pretty much any other marina) and get ethanol-free gas for $3.19/gallon.
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My lawn equipment has lived for 20 years on a 50-50 mix of fresh (regular) gas station gas and "whatever old gas I drained out of my current project car when I got it." Never had any engine-related failures.
Lawn equipment makers drive me nuts. When their fuel systems build up with stuff, they blame the fuel. And get away with it. The fuel is the fuel, and car makers have been robust to these materials for decades.
Why can't you? It's just metal.
alfadriver (Forum Supporter) said:
Lawn equipment makers drive me nuts. When their fuel systems build up with stuff, they blame the fuel. And get away with it. The fuel is the fuel, and car makers have been robust to these materials for decades.
Why can't you? It's just metal.
because they need you to buy a new weedwacker every 5 years or they go out of business......
Cars....they rust out, get in accidents, or have other expensive repairs so people have to replace them. If lawn equipment cost $50 more and was made with high-quality stuff, it would probably never need to be replaced.
I take the old gas I get out of parts cars and mix it about 50/50 with new gas, then pour a little TC-W3 oil in there too since all my jet skis are gone and I still have a few jugs left. Am I bad for doing that? It does make some funky smoke occasionally. I figure I'm being 'green' for not pouring the old stuff in a storm drain.
