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DrEntropy

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I actually own a "lawn mower". Sears 18" with a four stroke thingie for blade spinning. The carb is a Tecumseh with a float needle and a seat made of some synthetic...
ETHANOL has swollen the seat material so much it shut tighter 'n frog's sphincter!! :wall: :madder:

Five dollar kit and a bunch of fettlin' got it runnin' again. And the amount of crud-n-crust built up around every surface where the air met the fuel was nasty too.

I HATE ETHANOL as a fuel 'extender'. Corn is COW fuel not CAR fuel.

AAARRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!1!

*cough-choke* *gasp* *wheeze*
 
Re: My distain grows...

TOC said:
d, not t.
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:nonono: BCF Commandment #11:

"Thou shall not correct the Doc." :laugh: LoL
 
...'sides... I wuz splutterin' mad. :shocked: :wall:

I'll correct it tho.

Thanks fer carin' Dave. :wink:
 
I hate the stuff too Doc. I won't use gas a stations that use ethanol in their fuel.
 
Gas with ethanol is all we can get in New Mexico. I posted on Austin Healey forum that I put about 2 gallons of AvGas in Agatha at every 3rd filllup. Not sure if it helps but it makes me feel better.

I tried to convince local airport to start a 'filling station' so that those of us who know what that is can use it. I can only get 5 gallons at a time.
 
Jes' gotta watch that there spelling stuff, Doc.
Folks might think y'all drive a Fiat.
 
Geez, Dave! The locals already ~DO~!


...Hol' my CAB an' watch THIS!

<CLUNK!>

:devilgrin: :jester:
 
I hear ya Doc... went to grab my chainsaw yesterday to do a little trimming- it started and sputtered to a halt. Tore down the carb side and found a split line. Trimmed it back and re attached it- while i was watching it it split again, and again, and again... the fuel lines are just plain rotten from the ethanol. To bad too- good saw.

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Can we hunt down th' "guilty" an' soak 'em in a vat OF TH' STUFF?!?!? :devilgrin:
 
It is not just power equipment. My car gets over 34 mpg with the real stuff, I am lucky to get 30 with this e-crapolo gas. Makes ya wonder who it really benefits.

m
 
Without naming names or getting specifically political, watch how you VOTE this November.
 
here in the Aloha State, in the lawmakers efforts to get us to go "green" and reduce our total dependence on oil they mandated that we only have available gas with ethanol init.. Now some boaters after they sunk beaucoup bucks into repairing ethanol damaged fuel systems and tanks, got the state to revise that ruling and let boatyards carry gas without ethanol..

The legislatures intention was that somebody's cousin would start a distillery on Maui or Kauai. Replacing sugar cane fields with an ethanol manufactory.. Had several folks explore that possibility, but all of the potential fuel folks say no, taxes and bureaucracy here waaaaay too involved for them.. But we still have to pay for imported ethanol to go into our imported gasoline....

Go figure...
 
Boy it sounds pretty bad for all you folks outside the great state of Oklahoma. If I had to run only gas with ethanol, I think I'd start riding my bike 24 miles everyday to work. My old 61 Binder hates that stuff and I can't imagine any of my other cars would like it either.
 
Everything 'round here is 10% E-crap. Killed the MPG in all my cars. I will not put anything less than mid-grade in my power equipment, high-test if I have a few extra bucks.
It's an epidemic. the antique engine sites I'm on are constantly discussing what to do to counteract it. Loke Doc says, it ruins carbs, fuel lines, it's "engine-won't-start-stale" inside of 30 days......Garbage!
I retaliate the anti-oil eco-folks by buying as many 2-stroke engines as I can. Weed whackers, chainsaws, my '69 Lawn-Boy mower, and my smokes-out-the-neighborhood antique Maytag Multi-motor
Honestly, I generally try to be eco-friendly, but most folks have a horribly skewed view of what that means.
 
I have to admit, I've never had any problem with ethanol/gas mix.
I'm pretty sure both of my lawn mowers have almost never run on anything *but* this stuff and both were built in the last century.
In a pinch, I've even run 93 octane ethanol/gas mix in the race car.
When I store my power equipment, I always leave the tank full and never run the engine out of fuel until the carb is dry (my neighbor does the opposite and he always seems to have problems).
I've used "dry-gas" at times (to help clear out condensed H2O in the fuel), but would seem less important if you already have 10% ethanol in the fuel. I've never felt the need to add Stabil.
 
TOC said:
Without naming names or getting specifically political, watch how you VOTE this November.
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I understand that a large part of this is that the Iowa Primaries are early and no politician of any stripe will vote against the corn lobby. (hope that's not too political)

There's certainly increasing evidence that the ethanol neither helps farmers in the long run nor the environment in terms of emissions. (just google it)
 
Entirely true, but it DOES help politicians get re-elected (on both sides of the isle). :lol:
 
I checked with mechanic and apparently I am wasting my time with the AvGas. It would seem that I'm not helping things, just adding lead to the engine that it doesn't need or want. So much for thinking I was spot on with the ethanol problem. Guess I'll just have to work within the constraints of our green folk.

Drats.

:wall:
 
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