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!

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?

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)

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.

Well, modern oils/stabilizers can protect an engines cylinders up to a
point. Now when the ethanol level is blended 15% ( or more) then
that's pushing the safety point for the oil/gas mix ratio.

I'd rather be safe than sorry.

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.

On 7/15/12 11:12 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.


Really? I didn't tell you that. I said *I* haven't had ethanol-related
problems with my various gasoline engines.

On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:12:39 -0400, wrote:

Wayne and Harry just got through telling me the ethanol scare is a
scam.

=====

My comments apply only to the fuel injected engines in our Honda and
Toyota vehicles. I've had plenty of problems with ethanol in small
carbureted 4 strokes.

On Jul 15, 10:13*pm, 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)

I dont think you folks have ANYTHING to complain about....... Ours
is near the 5 dollar a gallon mark........

On Mon, 16 Jul 2012 14:07:40 -0400, wrote:

You say you park your car for 6 months and it is fine. I suppose you
then run the gas out and start fresh pretty quickly.

Yes, just in the natural course of driving and refilling the tank
periodically.

What if you
topped it up and then let it sit another 6 months and another 6
months?

All gas will eventually go bad regardless of whether or not it
contains ethanol.

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!