They’ve used the hippie environmentalists on this issue as their stooges for years. But even those jerks are starting to get the clue. There’s nothing “green” about ethanol. It’s a money-making scam between the politicians and producers.
We had a local gas station that sold ethanol-free gas for use in chain saws and lawn mowers and the like, and I drove over several times to fill up.
No more. They trucked it down from Canada, but the Feds have ordered them to stop doing that. So our chain saws, weed whackers and 2-cycle engines will all start rotting again.
And our local boatyard sent out a letter this year complaining about what it does to outboard engines. Ugly stuff, destructive and useless to anyone but the scammers.
Maybe the Ethanol producers really make all their money on fuel stabilizer and replacement carburators.
FYI, never leave any fuel in 2 cycle engines for more than a month. It dissolves the fuel lines and plugs the carburators.
I just replaced the carburator in my Echo hedge trimmer. The ZAMA distributor in OH said he had shipped over 2000 of my ZAMA carburator so far this year. I now run all my 2 cycle engines dry if they are not to be used for more than a week. I empty the gas back into the ONE gallon can.
I have also gone to mixing it in ONE gallon quantities only.
And our local boatyard sent out a letter this year complaining about what it does to outboard engines. Ugly stuff, destructive and useless to anyone but the scammers.”
I have owned one of my vehicles since 1980.
I have owned the other since 1986.
I have kept records of my mileage on each of these vehicles religiously.
Since the mandatory introduction of Ethanol in the gas I am allowed to purchase—my vehicles have declined a minimum of 13% in gas mileage.
I have had other problems with fuel lines & problems with winter starting.
As far as I am concerned——it is crap.