On Jul 16, 8:04*pm, Earl wrote:
Tim wrote:
On Jul 15, 10:12 pm, wrote:
On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 19:13:29 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 15, 9:06 pm, "*e#c" wrote:
On Jul 15, 9:59 pm, Tim wrote:
In the world of Ethanol and E-85, I've been concerned about the use
thereof in 2 cycle outboards, which though I don't have one at the
moment, I'm more concerned for my weed-eaters and chainsaws.
Now the station down the street from me has a dedicated pump for 100%
petroleum gasoline with no alcohol.It costs about .20c. more per
gallon, but at least it's available locally. And *that's really good
to know seeing fall and winter is coming up. When you cut up about 10
+ car trailer loads of wood, it's comforting to know that I would be
burning up a $1000.00 Stihl *or Dolmar chainsaw.
And seeing I got rid of my pontoon, I've got my eyes set on a good
sized Jon boat for running the Wabash river, that is. *IF* *It ever
gets enough water in it to float a boat. LOL!
So, how much IS 20c more per gallon?
$3,45 U.S compared to $3.24 (today)
Wayne and Harry just got through telling me the ethanol scare is a
scam.
granted it wasn't an expensive saw,but I've burned up a couple weed
eaters and a Poulan /Chraftsman chain saw not because it wasn't a
wrong oil ratio, but because I got ahold of some gas that had a 20%
ethanol blend.

The saw ran hot and was losing power then quit. Went to start it and
was low on compression. I pulled the muffler and saw the piston was
badly scored. Same with the Weed eater. Both shared the same fuel.

I run a 50/50 mix of 100LL AVGAS and 93 Octane E10 pump gas in my
2-stroke OPE and they run great. *The 2-stroke oil I use has a fuel
stabilizer in it as well. *A friend of mine is a pilot who lives on one
of those private airstrips and keeps 1000 gallons of AVGAS in a tank at
his house. *Local airports might sell it to the guy with the red can,
too. *Don't ever use it in your car or your catalytic converter will
have a stroke!

I hope your " friend " realizes that Avgas has a SMALL " shelf life",
and that the octane count in that 1000 gallons has dropped more than
30 points !!! Storing 1000 gallons of Avgas in an unregulated method
is shear stupidity.