Can the ethanol blends be "fixed" to last longer in storage containers with
fuel stabilizer?
Regards,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Lang" <lang@isis.mit.edu>
To: "Shawn J. Loseke" <sloseke@holly.colostate.edu>
Cc: "6pack" <6pack@autox.team.net>; "Craig" <wensley_Tr@comcast.net>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [6pack] Ethanol gasoline blends
> On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Shawn J. Loseke wrote:
>
> > The ethanol blends do 'go bad' much quicker than older fuels without it.
So
> > storage can be a problem. All of our fuel in Northern Colorado is 10%
ethanol
> > year round. Your car should run fine on it. However, if you begin having
vapor
> > lock problems, you can thank that 10% blend.
>
> Just as a random data point... the local small engine repair place has
> lots to say about the 10% ethanol fuel. But hte takehome for me was that
> they pretty much say _throw out_ fuel that is older than a month because
> "it'll be bad".
>
> They don't go on to say exactly _how_ to accomplish this, but they get a
> LOT of work fixing fuel system problems on small engines because of the
> reformulated fuel.
>
> So, instead of having a 5 gallon container of fuel for the various engines
> I use to maintain my "estate", I'm buying a gallon at a time and sharing.
> This sucks for 2 strokes, but I'm down to replacing fuel filters every 10
> hours instead of every hour or so with the chainsaw. Plus I keep about 10
> spare fuel filters in the garage, "just in case".
>
> regards,
> rml
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