I’m so tired of having to treat gas, use gas that’s getting old, etc. Ethanol gas is entirely a program to give crony farmer companies tax money. I’d love for a class action suit against the responsible parties for all those ruined small engines.
I’m so tired of having to treat gas, use gas that’s getting old, etc. Ethanol gas is entirely a program to give crony farmer companies tax money.
This is exactly why Iowa shouldn’t be allowed to be the 1st state to have a caucus/primary every four years. It is important for all the candidates to do well early. Otherwise, they’re out of the race.
Why should the people of Iowa (and their political cronies) have more clout and more say in our process than those in other states?
The candidates that are left after Iowa and NH are the ones that have promised to fund all of their pork projects. I don’t like it one bit.
BUMP!
Last Saturday I spent about 2 hours trying to tune the carb on my Simplicity snow blower. Finally, I said screw it. So I dropped it off at my local small engine repair guy on Monday morning. He spent about a half hour cleaning the carb and stated: you need to replace the entire carb. It will cost $175 for the part. A rebuild kit for $35 will not fix all of the problems. This is an old machine. It is not worth replacing.
I am a pretty good small engine mechanic. I ALWAYS put Startron gas treatment in my fuel. I keep only 1-2 gallons at a time so that it does not age. I keep my fuel in the garage where it stays warmer. I drain my machines and run them dry when they are going to sit for more than a few weeks. Yet, this is third time I have had to replace or rebuild a carburetor on one of my small engines.
FYI, the mechanic said now what they recommend for long term storage is to run the machine out of the ethanol added gasoline. Then put jet fuel(NON ETHENOL)in the machine and run it for 10-15 minutes to make sure all the ethanol gasoline blend is run through the machine. Then turn it off and let it sit with the jet fuel in it for long term storage. This is the only way to not screw up the jets or fuel lines.
Agreed. It would be easier all the way around if they got rid of the ethanol and just paid the corn lobby a 10% royalty on every gallon of gas. Of course "royalty" is not the best word here. "Protection money" (mafia sense) works better.
Small engine repairmen all over the country will have to cancel their vacation plans if forced Ethanol is done away with.
Agreed.