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Originally Posted by CamaroFred
The only time ethanol will screw up the carburetors and fuel lines is when you leave them full of fuel. The same is true with any fuel.
Use the shutoff valve and let the sucker run out of fuel instead of using the kill switch. If you are going to let it sit for more than a week or two. Summer heat accelerates the degradation.
I have a 10 year old generator I might spark up 2-3 times a year and by running it out of fuel before packing it up it starts every time.
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Not every small engine has a problem with alcohol. I have a 30 yr old snowblower, have never touched the carb. I have a two year old Chinese weedwacker that sears has replaced the carb twice under warranty. They want me to use the canned sealed gas they sell. I said ... how about making your products match the fuel supply.
A lot of gas stations near me have set up pumps for alcohol free small engine gas. If your car was designed to handle up to 15% it would be meaningless to use. Better to use the octane it was intended for. We have plenty of 93 around here that is alcohol free. It’s more of a pollution thing. The counties with higher pollution get mandated to use 10-15% ethanol.
The mpg diff is nill. If 15% of the fuel gets 30% less mpgs...the end result is a nit so small how many red lights you hit will have a bigger input. When people are checking mpgs they will subconsciously scew the results with their right foot to get the result they expected.